10-22-2019
Egypt has begun to introduce the United Nations (UN) standards aimed at protecting the environment. In the resorts of Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Dahab, it is now prohibited to use plastic bags and disposable houseware.
10-21-2019
Foreign tourists are avoiding Nigerian parks due to fear of attack from the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, an official has said. Nigeria National Park Service assistant conservator-general, Okedeji Okeyoyin said the park facilities were idle throughout the country, a situation that has affected the functionality of game reserves.
10-21-2019
The United Kingdom is making efforts to woo its citizens to visit Tanzania and enjoy the East African country’s world acclaimed tourist attractions. Recent statistics by the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) indicate that 77,000 tourists from UK visited Tanzania last year.
10-21-2019
South Africa is set to scrape the unabridged birth certificate requirement for minors travelling with foreigners to the country.
10-19-2019
Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who are involved in the development of ecotourism in Karelia will receive money back for part of the costs for creating the appropriate infrastructure, as announced by Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Republic Yanina Svidskaya. She explained that such an opportunity is provided as part of amendments made to national legislation adopted in September 2019.
10-19-2019
In the national park "Land of the Leopard" in Primorye there are new trails available for tourists. For the first time, visitors will have the opportunity to see the old Korean homes of resettlers. The new trails will combine the cultural heritage with ecotourism.
10-18-2019
Russia is the only country in the world that uses zero-discharge technology in offshore oil production, the head of the Committee on ecology and environmental protection of the State Duma Vladimir Burmatov said.
10-18-2019
The KamAZ-based offroad vehicle – mobile laboratory – was demonstrated at the II International Conference “Natural Tourism: A Global Challenge and the Discovery of Russia,” which is taking place these days at the Rosa Khutor Ski Resort, Sochi.
10-18-2019
Legislative work aimed at ecotourism is currently the most important thing for its successful development, said Sergei Bachin, Director General of the Rosa Khutor Ski Resort, speaking at the II International Conference “Natural Tourism: A Global Challenge and the Discovery of Russia”.
10-18-2019
PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) fully supports nature reserves in the Murmansk region, on the Taimyr Peninsula and the Transbaikal territory, Vice-President of Norilsk Nickel Dmitry Prystanskov said. "We provide comprehensive support to reserves such as "Pasvik", Lapland in the Murmansk region, the joint Directorate of Taimyr reserves, the reserve "Relic oaks" in the the Transbaikal territory," he said, speaking in Moscow at the VIII Ecological forum "Responsibility of business to the future. Technology on the side of society and nature."