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Africa
Travel Association Launches
Destination Djibouti Roadshow in
Four North American
Cities
WHThe
Africa Travel Association (ATA),
a global travel association
promoting tourism to Africa since
1975, will organize the Djibouti
Tourism Promotional Roadshow in
North America with stops in New
York, Washington, D.C., Ottawa
and Montreal from December 3-7,
2007. The 4-day/4-city tour will
aim to showcase Djibouti as a
unique travel destination with a
focus on ATA's 11th Annual Eco
and Cultural Tourism Symposium,
which will take place in Djibouti
City, Djibouti from January
19-23, 2008. Special networking
receptions with the high-level
Djiboutian delegations and tour
operators, travel agents,
business and investment
professionals, media, and
individuals interested in tourism
to Africa will be scheduled in
each city. More->
The
Djibouti Story - Part One.
I
am Djibouti, strategically
located on the Red Sea in East
Africa's farthest corner. I am
bordered by Ethiopia to the north
and northwest, Eritrea to the
north and Somalia to the
southeast. Lonely Planet
describes me as an ideal spot to
recharge one's batteries before
or after an overland trip to
Ethiopia or Eritrea. The Africa
Travel Association has chosen me
as host country for its 11th
Annual Eco Cultural Symposium
from December 3 to 7. It's an
ideal opportunity to showcase my
travel, trade and tourism
attractions to influential
contacts from North America,
Africa and points beyond.
More->
 Ethiopia:
New York Photographer Robert
Eilets featured in “Going
Home - A
Pilgrimage.”
Click
here
for a link to FOX NEWS and view
 excerpts.
The program was produced in
Ethiopia and tells a
heartwarming, timely and
meaningful story. More details to
come on this and affiliated web
sites - and in print. Robert
Eilets, has traveled as part of
our media team on many trips to
Africa since 2000..
More->
Great
Cities of
Morocco.
While
the overland route along
Morocco's Atlantic Coast from
Essaouira to Agadir is short in
distance, taking two and a half
hours, the scenery we encountered
during the trip by land rover,
was unforgettable. We were in
good company, traveling with
Elena Hall, partner in the
escorted tour operation "Blue Men
of Morocco" with whom we
participated a week earlier at
the ATA Symposium in
Fès.
Africans
Active at UN World Urban Forum:.
Great Cities of Africa, Gateways
to Sustainable Tourism
.
After
30 years UN Habitat returned to
its launching pad -
Vancouver,
Canada. The crowd was estimated
at 10,000, with full attendance
at many sessions. Our editors
took a group of mayors from
different African countries on a
tour of Vancouver, returning some
of the hospitality we have
enjoyed in 12 years representing
the Africa Travel Association in
North America The twin goals of
Habitat are "Adequate shelter for
all" As publishers of Africa
Travel Magazine and related
travel business media features,
we were extremely pleased and
honored to be able to to network
with so many of our African
colleagues.
More ->
 Hot
News and Flight News from East
Africa
by Prof. Wolfgang Thome of
Kampala
There is so much happening in
East Africa in the last few
years, we have given it a
separate section on this website.
More->
Great
Cities of
Morocco.
While
the overland route along
Morocco's Atlantic Coast from
Essaouira to Agadir is short in
distance, taking two and a half
hours, the scenery we encountered
during the trip by land rover,
was unforgettable. We were in
good company, traveling with
Elena Hall, partner in the
escorted tour operation "Blue Men
of Morocco" with whom we
participated a week earlier at
the ATA Symposium in
Fès..More->.
 African
Leaders in the
Spotlight
. A
key to the long term success of
the Africa Travel Association as
a global force for sustainable
tourism is the active role
performed by leaders from African
governments and industry. Many of
them are appearing regularly on
the North American scene.
Responding to reader demand,
Africa Travel Magazine will soon
feature in-depth profiles and
interviews with African
Presidents, Tourism Ministers,
Deputy Ministers, State
Governors, Mayors and
CEOs.
Preview Next
Issue.
Africa's
Silk Road: China and India's New
Economic Frontier
.
New
book by Harry G. Broadman.
Recently accelerating Asian trade
and investment in Africa hold
great promise for Africa's
economic growth and development -
provided certain po
 Growth
of Ethiopia Tourism Sector
Ras
Hotels
•
Axum
Hotels, Addis
Ababa
• Sheraton
Addis
Hotel
. Ethiopia
Millennium
Issue
•
Gondar,
Ethiopia: Africa's Camelot
by
Jerry W. Bird. . As our minibus
rolled into Gondar, after a short
flight from Lalibela, there was
ample evidence that here was an
area destined for long range
development as a destination
resort. Several new industries
attest to this growing trend, as
did our conversation with
entrepreneurs at the airport and
later at the
hotel.
Gondar
was Ethiopia's capital and
principal city during the reign
of Emperor Fasilidas in the 17th
century.(continued)licy
reforms on both continents are
implemented. Details.
Tourism
in South Africa Repositioning the
Country's Brand
South
Africa exists in a very
competitive global environment.
It is competing with provinces in
China, cities in England, Eastern
Europe, Brazil etc. One clear
example of this competition is
that 90% of the world's biggest
luggage is made in a town in
China that is not bigger than
Cape Town. As such South Africa
will never be able to compete in
areas that its competitors are
advanced in. Writes: Edwin Sipho
Rihlamvu More->
Tanzania
Supplement in Africa Travel
Magazine.
.
Mövenpick
Royal Palm
Hotel,Dar
es Salaam
The
World's Major Airlines
Review
by Jerry W. Bird, Editor and
Publisher
With
our biggest aviation edition in
ten years well underway,
serendipity played its familiar
role in my life when I received
THE WORLD'S MAJOR AIRLINES by
David Wragg. It arrived by mail
last week courtesy of the MBI
Publishing, St. Paul, MN and was
presented by John Wurm, Publicist
for Military and Aviation. I plan
to write this book review in
installments, since my first
reading was to get an overall
position on how valuable this
timely and well researched book
will be in my evaluation of
Africa's airlines and others
serving the continent. Here are
some comments from MBI that help
set the stage. "Today there are
so many airlines operating
throughout the world that even
the most knowledgeable enthusiast
can soon become confused about
which airline flies from where to
where. This new, fully
illustrated edition has been
revised and updated to include
the major advances in the
aviation industry since 1998.The
author has added introductions
for each nation, summarizing its
history of civil aviation and
placing the subsequent entries in
context. In the World's Major
Airlines David Wragg provides
more than 500 entries. Listed in
alphabetical order by country is
every airline in the world which
has more than five aircraft with
more than 19 seats,or equivalent
cargo capacity. Comprehensive
information is given on the name,
history, bases, aircraft
operated, routes flown, number of
passengers and tonnage of cargo
flown annually, and much other
useful and interesting data. The
World's Major Airlines is an
invaluable source of reference
for aviation enthusiasts,
travelers and those working
within the industry." More to
come.
KENYA
AIRWAYS SUSPENDS KISUMU FLIGHTS,
AGAIN:
Following
major maintenance for their Saab
340 aircraft, KQ has suspended
their Kisumu flights once again.
The airline has refused to deploy
their new Embraer 170 aircraft on
the route citing the state of the
runway as a major obstacle. An
airline official confirmed that
small stones and loose gravel
found on the runway may be sucked
into the engines causing damages
to the aircraft and requested the
Kenya Airport Authority to carry
out more repairs to the runway
ahead of the planned major
expansion and resurfacing of the
single runway the airport has.
Kenya Airways has also suspended
flights to Bamako in West Africa
due to safety concerns over the
state of the runway at Senou
International Airport. Visit the
airline website for updated
information on their schedules
www.kenya-airways.com
Icons
of
Aviation:
Book
Reviews include a biography of
the most dedicated tourism
pioneer in America's North
Country, Mr. Alaska, Charlie
West. Also, Edmonton's Grant
MacConachie, founder of Canadian
Pacific Airlines, who dreamed of
an air bridge to the Orient and
across the pole.
How
did Doctor Doolittle talk to the
animals? Send us your suggestions
for our wildlife conservation
series. Fax 604.681.6595 or send
E-Mail
Tanzania
Supplement in Africa Travel
Magazine.
Mövenpick
Royal Palm
Hotel,Dar
es Salaam
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