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Qatar Airways opens Harare office August 2, 2023 Qatar Airways officially opened it’s Zimbabwean office in Harare, on Tuesday. This follows the Qartary Airline launched a linked service between Doha and Lusaka, Zambia and Harare, Zimbabwe. The airline launched a linked service between Doha and Lusaka, Zambia and Harare, Zimbabwe.The airline operates thrice weekly flights from Doha on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. In attendance was the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Hon Mike Madiro, Airports Company of Zimbabwe, […]

Zimbabwe Taking Steps to Tap into the Lucrative Russian Market July 28, 2023 Engagements are ongoing at the Russia-Africa Summit to position destination Zimbabwe as a safe, secure and competitive tourism, trade and investment destination. ZTA and the Ministry participated at the Round Table Meeting with the Russian Business Community on the sidelines of the Summit, co-chaired by Honorable Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ambassador Fredrick Shava with Mr Nikolai Sobolev (Zimbabwe Honorary Consul to St. Petersburg). Many […]

Zimbabwe to host UNWTO Media Training July 27, 2023 Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Chief Executive, Ms Winnie Muchanyuka, signed a hosting Agreement with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili, for hosting the UNWTO Communication, Media and Tourism Training in Africa Workshop on 13 – 15 November 2023 in Victoria Falls. The training workshop will see the convergence of all the members and affiliates to the UNWTO Regional Commision for Africa in Victoria Falls.

The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority is participating at the Infrastructure Summit July 20, 2023 The Infrastructure Summit is a high-level dialogue platform that seek ways of putting into practice known and novel ways of dealing with the country’s protracted infrastructure bottlenecks to catapult the nation into the Upper Middle-Income Economy envisaged in Vision 2030. The summit is running under the theme, “Accelerating Transport Infrastructure Development Projects in Zimbabwe: Towards World Class Transport Networks by 2030”. ZTA Chief Executive, Ms Winnie Muchanyuka, […]

Zimbabwe and Zambia tourism agencies strengthen ties July 20, 2023 Zimbabwe Tourism Authority and Zambia Tourism Agency met for a series bilateral meetings over the last two days under the Joint Tourism Facilitation Committee (JTFC), in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The JTFC, was co-chaired by the ZTA Chief Executive, Ms Winnie Muchanyuka and her Zambia Tourism Agency CEO, Mr Matongo Matamwandi, is a fulfilment of tenets of the inter-ministerial engagements on the Victoria Falls The inter-ministerial meeting is an initiative led […]

The official commissioning of the RGM International Airport expansion project. July 17, 2023 Today His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Dr.E.D Mnangagwa has officially commissioned the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport expansion project. Kudos to Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality , Airports Company of Zimbabwe  and partners on this strategic gateway into destination Zimbabwe, which will edify our tourism economy through various revenue channels, employment and many more .

Zimbabwe is set to host twenty five International Board Members of the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) for a summit in Victoria Falls from 21–23 June.    SITE is a professional association dedicated exclusively to the global incentive travel industry. SITE’s executive leadership team are C-Suite executives from leading businesses in the field of incentive travel, across our source markets and beyond, and are thought leaders and key decision-makers pioneering the growth of the USD$75 billion incentive travel industry. […]

Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Zimbabwean Minister Honourable Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu is leading the Zimbabwe delegation at the ongoing Africa Hospitality Investment Forum (AHIF) at Raddison Blue Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The AHIF is running back-to-back with the AviaDev Africa which is running from 12-14 and 14-16 respectively in Nairobi under the theme, “Inspire, Invest and Impact.”   The AHIF program will cover a wide range of topics, including global risks and their impact on Africa’s hospitality industry, achieving […]

  On 5 June 2023 the global family celebrated World Environment Day (WED) under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. Whilst the main world celebrations were held in Cote d’Ivoire, countries across the world hosted their own national commemorations. In Zimbabwe the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) hosted the commemorations at Glamis Arena, in Harare. It was a carnival atmosphere with proceedings starting off with a clean up activity. Events were centered around an exhibition where various agencies put up gazebos and booths promoting […]

The Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit (AYTIS) & Challenge is hosted by Africa Tourism Partners in collaboration with United Nations World Tourism Organization and BDO. It is a pan-African Youth and start-ups in Tourism Summit and innovation challenge in tourism on the continent.This competition invites and welcomes innovative ideas and solutions that go beyond technology but are travel, tourism and MICE industry related projects for review and adjudication by a preeminent panel of industry leaders. Through the summit and […]