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Nyau Dance Festival
Vanessa at Miss World 2009
Several dance groups drawn from the Sadc region are expected to participate at the festival, an event that would afford locals to interact with participants of this highly intriguing, but secretive culture. Kennedy Kachiruka chairman of Ndoga said preparations were at an advanced stage The reigning Miss Tourism Zimbabwe, Miss Vanessa Gayle Sibanda will on Wednesday leave for London, where she will be joining the other Miss World Contestants in Camp, in preparation for the Miss
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Build on soccer tourism too
STILL bustling in the glory of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup win that sent Zimbabweans from all walks of life celebrating with pomp, zest and funfair, the nation must start building its fortunes around soccer tourism too.
Yes, we have tried to build our tourism fortunes around the majestic Victoria Falls, the gothic Great Zimbabwe Ruins, the craggy Eastern Highlands, Hwange, Mana Pools and Matopos national parks, among other attractions but certainly we need to look at soccer tourism seriously.   read more
Hail the Champs!
Zimbabwe’s Warriors won their fourth Cosafa Senior Men’s Challenge Cup following their impressive triumph over Zambia before a capacity crowd at Rufaro yesterday. The Warriors’ first success came in 2000 with Misheck Chidzambwa as coach while William Mugeyi was the captain when Zimbabwe thrashed Lesotho 6-0 on aggregate. In 2003, Sunday Chidzambwa then led the team with skipper Peter Ndlovu lifting the cup while Charles Mhlauri’s charges won in South Africa with James Matola as the leader of their troops on the field of play....     read more
Cosafa commends Zimbabweans
THE management of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) Senior Men’s Challenge has expressed its gratitude to stakeholders in Zimbabwean football for the role they have played in administering the tournament so far. The Senior Men’s Challenge kicked off in Harare on 17 October and has reached the semi-final stage. In an interview with cosafa.com, the Senior Men’s Challenge ...     read more
‘Tourism Night to become bigger’
Plans are afoot to make the Tourism Night bigger and better next year after this year’s resounding success, a Zimbabwe Tourism Authority official has said. The Tourism Night, a music and cultural gala, has become the highlight of Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Africa Fair where revelers often turn up in their numbers for the gig. The show that was staged on October 17 was a huge success. Karikoga Kaseke, the ZTA chief executive, was impressed by the turn out and hoped it would grow with each year. "It seems tourism night     read more
 
Miss Tourism Mash Central to be held in style, glamour
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THE premier social event in Mashonaland Central, the Miss Tourism Mashonaland Central, has been set for November 7 at Mazowe Hotel and Casino. The show, which is set to be an explosive entertainment event, will be held in style and glamour, according to the organiser of the show, Elizabeth Gandah, a former Miss Zimbabwe finalist. “This is an exciting year and as we look     read more
   
Zimbabwe to exhibit in Spain
At least 12 000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries are expected to take part in the expo. Addressing a workshop on the Spanish and South American markets on Thursday, ZTA chief executive officer, Karikoga Kaseke said it was not in the best interests of the Authority to abandon traditional tourist markets as they could be taken up by its competitors. "The government has not instructed us to abandon...     read more
 
Zimbabwe sees record rise in tourists
The rise comes after a sharp dip in the early 1990s when Zimbabwe received a very bad press during the initial stages of land reform, although no tourist was harmed during this reform and good bargains were available to those who did come. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Council for Tourism congress, ZTA chief executive officer, Karikoga Kaseke, said arrivals increased from 1 104 368 in the first nine...     read more
 
Zimbabwe clinches US$2.3b tourism deals
Zimbabwe said Tuesday it clinched tourism-related inve stment deals worth US$2.3 billion at a travel fair last week.The country held a four-day travel fair last week, attended by hundreds of international investors and exhibitors.Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive Karikoga Kaseke said a number of deal s to build new hotels and holiday resorts had been signed at the fair. "The business deals are worth...     read more
 

Let the billions come
STATISTICS coming out of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority about the volume of business generated during the recently held Fair last week are encouraging, only if they do not end up just as figures on a piece of paper with nothing to show for them a few months or years down the road. Not that I am dismissing the potential investment accrued, the eternal optimist cannot afford to do that, but over the years I have...     read more

   
Charge reasonable tourism fees
HARARE (Zimbabwe Investor) - Reigning Miss Tourism Zimbabwe Vanessa Gayle Sibanda has encouraged stakeholders in the tourism industry to charge tourists coming to Zimbabwe reasonable fees and offer attractive packages.

Sibanda made the remark at a farewell cocktail hosted for her by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) to send her off to the Miss World 2009...

 Art Alive exhibition set for Friday
A MIXED media arts exhibition by talented visual artist Experience Gwanyanya will open at the Museum of Human Sciences in the capital on Friday.

Running under the theme: "Art Alive," the week-long exhibition will feature an array of artefacts in the form of graphics, sculptures, paintings, ceramics and free-hand drawings....
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World Tourism Market fair 2009
15 Zimbabwean Companies taking part...
AT least 15 local companies in the hospitality and tourism sector are taking part at the ongoing World Tourism Market (WTM) taking place in London, United Kingdom. The event runs from...		 Elephant Hills gets ISO 9001:2000
ISO 9001:2000 Certificate
THE tourism sector has the potential to spur the country’s economy to be the fastest growing in Africa between 2010 and beyond, the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ), Director General Mrs Eve ...
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