Zimbabwe re-introduces rhinos in Gonarezhou park after three decades
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe is re-introducing rhinos to its second biggest wildlife park Gonarezhou in the south of the country, the first time that the...
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Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It’s no magic fix but it could reduce risks
And in this week’s federal budget, the government has committed to welcoming back over 17,000 Australians stranded overseas over the next year, which will likely...
Kenya starts its first national wildlife census
Kenya began its first national wildlife census on Friday, 7 May, aiming to aid conservation and identify threats to its vast but threatened wildlife populations....
IATA welcomes G20 Push to restart tourism
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the agreement by the G20 Tourism Ministers to support the safe restoration of mobility by following the...
The airline industry hasn’t collapsed, but that’s the only good news for overseas travel
After a disastrous 2020, in which passenger traffic globally fell by two-thirds, the International Air Transport Association’s latest forecast (published in February) doesn’t expect this...
Island resorts leading recovery in global leisure travel, says ATM
Island resorts around the world will lead the recovery in leisure travel, according to research carried out ahead of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021, which...
When 1 in 3 users are tourists, that changes the bike-share equation for cities
My new research published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism challenges this position. The study findings from the Pacers Bikeshare programme in the US city...
World’s first space hotel set to open in 2027
Image: Orbital Assembly Corporation Voyager Station is described as “a rotating space station designed to produce varying levels of artificial gravity by increasing or decreasing...
Vaccine passports may be on the way
The premise is straightforward: A digital or paper document will indicate whether individuals have received a Covid-19 vaccination or, in some cases, recently tested negative...
Africa hotel transactions set to increase as owners forced to consider disposal prospects
According to JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group, Covid-19 is expected to impact the hotel sector in Sub-Saharan Africa in the long term with an increase...