June 17, 2016… The Expo continued, but Michael and I didn’t get to the ZITF Grounds until evening for the official Opening Ceremony. We had some urgent news materials to send down to Lagos and the pictures had to be resized for easy upload. Afterwards we went on a stroll downtown. We had said we…
For over a decade, AKWAABA: Africa Travel Market has presented a unique opportunity for African professionals in travel, hospitality and related services to meet, network and conduct business with other industry players from around the world. In 2016, the travel expo marked its marks the 12th edition. The official tape cutting of the opening ceremony was performed by the…
February 12, 2017… We were up early again and out of Paraa safari Lodge. The others from Pakuba Safari Lodge came to meet us at the banks of the Nile, as we waited to cross the river for the last time – until we come around this way again. The moon was still visible in…
This is the concluding part of my Dakar experience – Memories From Senegal: Missed Chance In Dakar. ***** I smiled and said, “You speak English?” He smiled back and nodded. He pointed to a shack and said it was his place, a restaurant. He invited me over. Show no fear. So I followed him into the shack. A…
June 16, 2016… …and Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo kicked off today at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Grounds, Bulawayo. We met other people from the second pre-tour and the post-tour groups – a couple of them were with us at Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel and we boarded buses together to the Expo venue. In the afternoon, we…
Chief Mike Amachree has put in over five decades of active service in the tourism industry and is possibly the oldest tourism practitioner in the country. Recently at the 21st AGM of the Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN), Chief Amachree was honored as the Father of Tourism in Nigeria. Back in March 2017 at…
This article was first posted on the Afro Tourism website. ***** I was determined to get a taste of Dakar’s nightlife. Bamba had assured me on the plane that the city never sleeps and I eagerly looked forward to the fun and experience, since I only had that night before heading on to Saly the next day. It…
February 11, 2017… We had another early morning game drive and this time we finally met a pride of lions having breakfast. We didn’t have to cross the Nile for the game drive, since we were now on the northern banks of the longest river in the world. The usual suspects were the first to…
June 15, 2016… The 2016 Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo is billed to kick off on June 16. I got up early in a bid to try and capture the sunrise. Afterwards, I went back to bed, not really sleeping just lying down idling. I was told there will be two press conferences for us to…
In the long run, everyone who visits the ‘Smiling Coast’ ends up in Kololi, on that famous strip – the Senegambia Strip. In truth, Kololi is the heart of tourism in The Gambia, the smallest country on mainland Africa. Of course, the country is much more than Kololi. The Gambia has quite a lot to offer…
