A new hotel that offers local and international business or leisure travellers spacious and elegant accommodation with comfort has been opened in Malawi capital city Lilongwe. In an interview with journalists after touring the hotel Monday, Malville Boutique operations manager Kiliko Ngosi said they are concentrating on a customer-centric approach with a service culture that […]
The Nankumba Peninsula tourism project planned for Mangochi is set to change the face of Malawi’s tourism. It is expected that the sector will be easy to market through available infrastructure contained in the project that will be able to attract more tourists into the country. On Friday evening Afrixembank delegation had an audience with […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Binton Kutsaira says government is enhancing investment efforts in protection and conservation of wildlife so that the country reaps more benefits from tourism sector. He made the remarks Monday at an official handover of runner Aircraft to Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve ceremony. Kutsaira said the country’s major foreign […]
Prospective investors, tour operators, airlines and business officials in London on Thursday gathered at Scotland House for a “Taste of Malawi” night where Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister Salim Bagus said the sector is set to become of key economic sectors. Bagus told the annual Malawi UK Business Group event at Scotland House that Tourism […]
Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister Salim Bagus has challenged global tour operators to invest in Malawi, saying not only the country is safe, but a transforming destination that is attracting multitudes of travellers. Bagus, who is making his debut at the UK’s largest tourism fair- the World Travel Market has had a busy schedule, granted […]
South African government will deliver endangered black rhinos to Malawi following signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two countries on Friday in Lilongwe. The deal was sealed this morning when Minister of Natural Resources Energy and Mining Bintony Kutsaira and the South Africa High Commissioner Ahlangene Sigcau finalised the paperwork for the […]
Malawi government has rolled out a multi-million dollar four year cultural development project aimed at promoting investment and competitiveness in the tourism sector. The project is being funded by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) to the tune of USD10 million with a US$1 million contribution from the Malawi public purse. One of the project […]
Malawi has made history by being the first African country to ever host the high profile world conference for female pilots, named The Ninety-Nines (The 99s). This year, this international organisation for women pilots is celebrating its 90th Anniversary. In between their conference, the delegates were on an excursion trip to the Mulanje Mountain and […]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Salim Bagus says the number of tourists into the country has reduced drastically this year due to the anti-Jane Ansah protests. Speaking during the official opening of the entertainment festival, Lake of Stars on Sunday at Kachere Kastle in Nkhata Bay, Bagus said this has potential to bring down […]
While commending the raising of the minimum wage for employees in the 2019/2020 national budget, the Hotels, Food Processing and Catering Workers Union of Malawi has asked government to attach salaries for those working in the tourism sector to the grades of the hotels they work for. “We would like to thank the government for […]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Salim Bagus has said the tourism sector’s minimum wage needs to be reviewed to be in line with long working hours employees in the industry endure. The minister said this on Wednesday in Blantyre when he launched the 2019 National Tourism Month under the theme Tourism and Jobs: A […]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Salim Bagus has admitted that the anti-Jane Ansah demonstration have imparted negative to the development of the country’s tourism industry. He disclosed this Wednesday in Lilongwe when he launched 2019 National Tourism months. Bagus pointed out that as government they are in a process of evaluating how much has […]
President Prof. Peter Mutharika has said his strong desire to turn lakeshore district of Mangochi into the tourism capital of Malawi like Mexico’s Acapulco by constructing state of the art international airport, a mega city and five-star hotel. He made the revelation on Sunday at St. Augustine 3 Primary School ground in Mangochi where he […]
Government has acquired 17 hectares of land along Lake Malawi for development of public beaches where “Malawians can enjoy freely” which will act as a model for tourism development along the lake, Chief Secretary to the Government Lloyd Muhara. Muhara said this when he officially opened the 2019 Takulandirani Malawi International Tourism Expo (MITE) in […]
A six-member crew of oceanographers and tourism explorers has sailed off Salima beaches of Lake Malawi for a 52-day expedition, dubbed “Calendar Lake Project” aiming to tell the story of Lake Malawi from a different angle. The expedition is sponsored by mobile telecoms operator, TNM Plc, listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) to the […]
One of the country’s top seaside resorts Sunbird Livingstonia Beach (SLB) IN Salima has unveiled its newly refurbished state-of-the-art rooms, which are a product of the face-lift projects undertaken by the hotel earlier this year. The top-of-the-range facilities – which cost about K1 billion -were unveiled during an organized tour of media personnel and tourist/travel […]
Dozens of tourists who have been to Malawi flocked to the Malawi pavilion at the on-World Travel Market currently underway in London, telling global travellers of their experiences of warm heartedness of Malawians. The World Travel Market which opened on Monday 5th November and will run until 7th November, 2018 is one of the largest […]
The World Travel Market (WTM), one of global largest travel shows has recognised Malawi’s efforts in developing sports tourism, highlighting the Orbis Challenge as the “the most intriguing triathlon”. The official daily bulletin of the World Travel Market 2018, published the Malawi Sports Tourism as having started, saying the country is set to use “its […]