Today, Mozambique Airlines (LAM) resumes flights on the Maputo-Lisbon route, 12 years later, in partnership with Portugal's Euro Atlântico. The flights will last an average of 10 or 11 hours, with the inaugural flight departing from the Portuguese city this evening. There will be three flights a week using a Boeing 777-200, with...
Portugal will automatically renew or extend the residence or stay visas of immigrants with no criminal record or other weighting factor, according to the local press. Last Thursday, the Portuguese government approved the regulatory decree that establishes the "legal regime for the entry, stay, exit and removal of foreigners from...
An airplane belonging to British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic company, 73, performed the feat of crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a commercial flight powered by cooking oil, animal fats, sugar and other types of products considered sustainable (biofuels). The aircraft took off on November 28 from Heathrow airport in...
The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Eldevina Materula, said yesterday that the tourism sector grew by 12% last year. "Last year, the sector grew by 12% as a result of everything we lost during the pandemic. At the moment, the occupancy rate is above 80%, aware of...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, has challenged the private sector to continue investing in the culture and tourism sector in order to exploit the cultural diversity that the country possesses, with a view to boosting the development of communities and the economy in general. Nyusi launched this challenge on Monday (20) in Metangula, in the...
The Mozambican government says that the decision to facilitate and exempt tourists from low-risk countries from visa requirements has increased the number of visits to the country by 34% in the first 90 days of the measure's implementation. "The measure is making Mozambique more competitive and facilitating access to potential investors," writes Lusa quoting...
Airplanes Africa Limited (AAL) recently unveiled the first Tanzanian-made aircraft in Dar Es Salaam during the Diamond Jubilee Hall at the Tanzania International Manufacturers Expo 2023 (TIMEXPO). This is the Skyleader 600, designed to carry two people, namely businessmen, including the pilot, at affordable prices and low operating costs. The Director...
The Government of Rwanda has decided to abolish the entry visa requirement for all African citizens in order to boost the free movement of people and trade on the continent, the President of Rwanda announced on Thursday. Paul Kagame made the announcement during the XXIII Global Summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council. Thus, any citizen...
The Association of the World's Most Beautiful Bays revealed on Monday that its aim for next year is to increase the publicity of its activities in order to attract sponsors to fund projects to protect coastal areas. In effect, the association intends to ensure the visibility of its actions by strengthening its presence...
Thirty-two bays belonging to 17 countries, including Mozambique, have been taking part since Friday in Yeosu, South Korea, in the 17th Congress of the World's Most Beautiful Bays. Mozambique is represented by Pemba Bay, the third largest in the world and the first in Africa. Speaking at the opening of the event, the president of...