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    Diphtheria in the Philippines – Alert – Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions – Travel...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Diphtheria is a serious infection...

    Environment ministry inaugurates four new park management stations

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Clifton Movirongo. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism recently held a handover ceremony with the German Embassy for the inauguration...

    Gondwana Collection acquires half of Prostudio for inhouse marketing content

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Jaenique Swartz. Gondwana Collection and Prostudio signed a shareholding purchase agreement this week, giving the tourism conglometate access to the creative...

    Alert – Malaria in Costa Rica

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). There is currently an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the province of Limón, Costa Rica. There is also malaria transmission...

    Malaria in Costa Rica – Alert – Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions – Travel...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Malaria is a disease caused...

    How tourism can be more resilient in upcoming crises

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Namibia Scientific Society will be hosting Prof. Dr. Conny Mayer-Bonde, a tourism and hospitality expert, who will be talking about,...

    Swakopmund shortlisted for ‘Town of the Year’ – again!

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Adolf Kaure. The Chief Executive of the Swakopmund Municipality, Archie Benjamin has urged residents to show support and vote for their...

    Chikungunya in Paraguay – Level 1 – Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions –...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Chikungunya disease  is caused by...

    Revamped Okapuka Safari Lodge re-opens its doors

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The newly renovated Okapuka Safari Lodge has entered into a management agreement with Gondwana Collection Namibia and has re-opened its doors...

    Team Namibia inks agreement with NTB to boost local tourism industry

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Team Namibia and the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), set to lead to greater cooperation...

    O&L Leisure reveals Mokuti Etosha’s new modern look and feel

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). O&L Leisure, the hospitality subsidiary in the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group has revealed the new look and feel of Mokuti...

    Wildlife Resorts scoops award for doing the most for conservation and tourism

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) recently bagged the PMR Africa Diamond Arrow Award for Companies Doing the Most for Conservation and Tourism...

    Namibia-Botswana to use identity cards as documents for cross-border travel between the two countries

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The President, HE Dr. Hage Geingob, and Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi last week launched the usage of national identity cards as...

    Tourism Expo to take place in April under the theme ‘Beyond Borders’

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Tourism Expo 2023 was launched last week highlighting the importance of the tourism industry to the country and celebrating the...

    Design your own travel itinerary – Safari2Go by Gondwana coming soon

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Gondwana Collection Namibia has introduced Safari2Go, a Namibian online travel agency, to make travel accessible to a digitized world and to...

    Chikungunya in Paraguay – Watch – Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions – Travel Health...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Chikungunya is caused by the...

    Wildlife Resorts COPSS 94 collaboration to promote tourist safety via radio and social media

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Namibia’s Wildlife Resorts (NWR) teamed up with a local online film programme, COPPS 94.1, to promote tourism safety in and around...

    Zimbabwe to host 6th Transform Africa Summit at Victoria Falls

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Zimbabwe will be hosting the 6th Transform Africa Summit (TAS) from 26 to 28 April at Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe was selected...

    NamRA introduces Temporary Import Permit to non SACU member countries

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) has announced in a statement that all travelers, excluding tourists from SACU member countries, importing or...

    Local guide swaps the African savannah for Mexico’s desert and Pacific Ocean

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). From the vast savannah of Namibia to the true desert oasis of Todos Santos in the far south of Baja Mexico,...

    National Tour Guide Registration Database for the tourism industry launched

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Namibia Travel and Tourism Forum (NTTF), supported by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry & Tourism (MEFT) and Emerging Tourism Enterprises...

    Erongo tourism meet motivates stakeholders to continue sectoral revival

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Adolf Kaure. The chairperson of the Erongo Regional Tourism Forum, Neville Andre said that there is a dire need to continue...

    Hospitality occupancy expected to end on a high note this year – HAN

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The average hospitality occupancy in November exceeded 45 percent across the country, the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) revealed Thursday. The figures...

    Owambo cultural ceremony opens gates to Etosha King Nehale

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). After a Covid delay of two and a half years, Etosha King Nehale lodge just outside the northern perimeter of Etosha...