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Following the travel ban imposed by the Mauritian government on all commercial flights to and from South Africa from Monday, 29 November 21 to Friday, 31 December 21, South African Airways will suspend flights to Mauritius with effect from Monday. The travel ban by the Mauritius government comes in the wake of a new COVID variant of concern named…

A nearly $40 million cut allocated by Tanzania’s government to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industry has starkly divided the key stakeholders over priority areas to invest.

In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has issued a decision to merge Dubai Economy and Dubai Tourism into one entity under the name ‘Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism’.

The federal government has urged the states to see tourism beyond leisure and entertainment but as an economy and tool for poverty reduction.

The two countries will form a committee to identify how to address hitches holding back the growth of the key economic sector.