Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Mastercard has expanded its global lifestyle platform, Priceless.com, to Africa, giving cardholders around the world access to a curated collection of unforgettable travel experiences across some of the continent’s most iconic destinations. The new Priceless Africa platform showcases experiences in South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has clarified that Ugandans travelling abroad are not required to present Ebola-free certificates as a condition for departure, despite the country’s ongoing response to an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola Virus Disease. Speaking to journalists on Monday, the Director …
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SPECIAL REPORT | BBC & ALL AFRICA.COM | Burkina Faso says it has removed visa fees for all African travellers, in an effort to facilitate the movement of people and goods into the country. “From now on, any citizen from an African country wishing to go to Burkina Faso will …
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Instagram, Twitter and Facebook are replacing word-of-mouth recommendations for Millennials Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Millions of Millennials and GenZ-ers are increasingly turning to social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to choose their next travel destination, replacing “word-of-worth” recommendations. According to the 2023 Global Travel Trends Report published …
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Luanda, Angola | Xinhua | The Angolan government has eliminated the requirement of presenting a vaccination certificate or a negative COVID-19 test result for travellers entering or leaving the country, starting from Saturday, according to a presidential decree. The decree noted that face masks must be worn in healthcare facilities and …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odongo has said that people who were illegally staying in Uganda at the time of the closure of airports and borders early in the year, will have to seek clearance to travel. This is one of the guidelines that …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Travellers using the Entebbe–Kalangala Road are spending more than six hours on the road and high transport costs. This follows the halting of operations of MV Kalangala. MV Kalangala that plies the Entebbe – Kalangala route suspended its operations in February this year to undergo …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only ten Ugandan high-risk travellers have applied to undergo their institutional quarantine in public centres, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The first group consisting of 300 high-risk travellers from different parts of the world is expected to arrive in the country this week. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 7,000 high risk travellers that are believed to have entered the country between March 7 and March 20, 2020, were never tested for COVID-19. The call to test the travellers came at a time when all the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases were from …
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Paris, France | AFP | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed there should for now be no quarantine measures for travellers arriving in Britain from France, the Elysee said on Sunday. Johnson said Sunday that Britain would “soon” quarantine air passengers from abroad due to …
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