Articles tagged “rwanda”

Tour Operators

The Funding Grind for Black Travel Startup Founders in Africa

Black founders appear to be raising more money with each round, but it’s not nearly enough when it comes to travel tech startups looking to diversify the tourism offering across the African continent.

Selene Brophy | 6 months ago

The Funding Grind for Black Travel Startup Founders in Africa

Overtourism

Tourist Destinations Face Dilemma Switching From Quantity to ‘Quality’ Visitor Strategies

In the pursuit of higher quality tourists, destinations need to make sure they maintain a diversity of tourists and local businesses.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago

Tourist Destinations Face Dilemma Switching From Quantity to ‘Quality’ Visitor Strategies

News Blog

Global Airlines Group Appoints First-Ever Female Chair

The International Air Transport Association's board of governors has appointed RwandAir CEO Yvonne Manzi Makolo to serve as its chair, making her the first woman ever to lead the global airline agency. Makolo, who has led RwandAir since 2018, will serve a one-year term as IATA's chair from June 2023, succeeding Mehmet Tevfik Nane, the…

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Tourism

Tourism Leaders Need to Expect the Unexpected in the Next Decade

From addressing consumer fears to sustainability trends, the business of promoting tourism just got a lot harder.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Business Travel

Rwanda Is Making a Push for the Right Number of High-Spending Visitors

Rwanda is setting itself up as Africa's new big luxury tourism destination. And while mountain gorillas are the country's main attraction, new luxury lodges will help open up other regions of this small, yet highly diverse country.

Laura Powell, Skift | 5 years ago

Rwanda Is Making a Push for the Right Number of High-Spending Visitors

Media and PR

The Trends That Are Driving 2014’s ‘Top Travel Destinations’ Lists

Are anniversaries and events over-stressed on these lists? It’s refreshing not to see Brazil, in its World Cup, an automatic inclusion of all lists – even if it’s an understandable entry. But would anyone plan a trip to Cape Town just because it’s the World Design Capital?

Robert Reid, Skift | 10 years ago

The Trends That Are Driving 2014’s ‘Top Travel Destinations’ Lists

SkiftX

Rwanda’s tourism on the rise as East Africans travel more

Rwanda's numbers -- like the expansion of FastJet -- are more evidence to the growing importance of intra-Africa tourism.

Saul Butera, Bloomberg | 10 years ago

Rwanda’s tourism on the rise as East Africans travel more

Hotels

Eco-tourism blossoms out of conflict in Rwanda

Two decades after the devastating genocide, ecotourism is thriving in Rwanda. It not only provides locals with sustainable employment, but its revenues are used to protect the land and animals.

Skift | 10 years ago

Eco-tourism blossoms out of conflict in Rwanda

Tourism

East African tourism ministers fed up with negative images

East Africa is less troubled than some of its Western and Northern neighbors but despite smart moves by Tanzania, the region has taken steps back in recent years, from political unrest in Kenya to rampant corruption and offensive politics in Uganda.

David Muwanga, East African Business Week/AllAfrica | 11 years ago

Tourism

The cycling race that nobody knows about: Tour du Rwanda boosts sports tourism in Africa

One major sports event can turn an entire country into a destination for athletes looking to train in testing conditions.

eTurboNews | 11 years ago