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Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)

Type: City

Name: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)

Country: Zimbabwe

Latitude: -17.93

Longitude: 25.84

population: 36,702

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

UNWTO

Using ICTs to Unlock Tourism Market

Zambia and Zimbabwe will this August for the first time jointly co-host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) 20th Session of the General Assembly as everything seems set for the big event. It will be a union of the two countries as delegates ... [Published Individual.com - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Zambia, UNWTO, Livingstone (Zambia)

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

State lagging behind on new air traffic deal — Mzembi

Roberta Katunga in Victoria FallsTHE expansion project of the Victoria Falls Airport which is supposed to see bigger and larger aircraft landing is a project for the future as indications on the ground are that it might not meet United Nations World Tourism ... [Published Sunday News Zimbabwe - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Walter Mzembi, Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), UNWTO, Zimbabwe

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Robert Mugabe

Mugabe Triggers War Over Elections

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday triggered a potentially explosive political battle with his coalition government partners after proclaiming dates for general elections as July 31 following the controversial use of the draconian Presidential Powers (Temporary ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Robert Mugabe, Elections, Zimbabwe, Constitutional Court

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Travel: Zambia

Elephant-viewing by taxi.They don't do zebra crossings in Livingstone, they do elephant crossings. You need to know where and when to look, as there are no road markings giving the great beasts right of way, but the local taxi drivers will take you to ... [Published Herald Scotland - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Livingstone (Zambia), Zambezi (Zambia), Zambia

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Millie hits 104 even though she swam with crocs

8:40am Saturday 15th June 2013By Sarah TaylorONE of Worcestershireâs oldest residents who once took a dip in a crocodile-infested lake has celebrated her 104th birthday.Millie Arnold, of Heaton House, Martley, near Worcester, marked the impressive milestone ... [Published Malvern Gazette - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Harry Lauder, Zimbabwe, Michael Redgrave, Sarah Taylor, Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Poachers, Not Animals, Pose the 'Real Danger' in Victoria Falls National Park

Were going to fan out, like a ripple moving through the bush. With those instructions, our group of American diplomats made a long line, carefully stepping through the long, yellow grass of the Victoria Falls National Park. We were less than five miles ... [Published The Zimbabwean - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), poaching, Warthog, Wildlife Management

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

African Adventure at Lewes library June 20

Former Lewes Library Director Chrys Dudbridge, and four local friends joined a small group for a trip of a lifetime to South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.Come see and learn about their adventures on safaris in all three countries, along with the experiences ... [Published Cape Gazette - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), Botswana, Adventurer

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 3 reports

UNWTO preps in top gear

GOVERNMENT and other stakeholders are putting in place measures to ensure the succesful hosting of the 20th United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) GeneralAssembly.Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) international tourism Ambassador Sylvia Mwansa recently ... [Published Times of Zambia - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Zambia, Livingstone (Zambia), UNWTO

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Zimbabwe: Editorial Comment - Air Zimbabwe Fare Promotion Spot On

Air Zimbabwe has finally got its mathematics right. Its fare reduction of up to 60 percent announced yesterday will help it regain lost market share while also affording many Zimbabweans an opportunity to fly.Previous fares were a deterrent for many Zimbabweans ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Golden Coin expands

By -GOLDEN Coin Bureau De Change has opened the first-ever outlet at the Victoria Falls world heritage site new ticket office in Livingstone to enable tourists and other visitors change their foreign currency legally at the border.The move would also ... [Published Times of Zambia - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), Livingstone (Zambia), UNWTO, Zambia

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Emergency infrastructure rehabilitated

The implementation of the Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project is progressing, according to the government.According to the Ministry of Finance, the seven procurement packages are at different levels of implementation. The project is ... [Published The Zimbabwean - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: emergency, Infrastructure, Bulawayo

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

KQ expands African routes

African airline Kenya Airways has launched its new flight to Livingstone in Zambia from Nairobi. The new flight will operate three times weekly via Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe. Kenya Airways currently flies to Zambia's capital, Lusaka.The ... [Published Travelinc - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), Kenya Airways, Zambia

Quotes

"The comprehensive upgrade of the ZAMTEL mobile network in Livingstone would be increased to 21 cell sites within the tourist capital, meaning that more software would be added" he said

Using ICTs to Unlock Tourism Market [Published Individual.com - 15 hours ago]

...from verge to verge while we crouched behind the bright blue taxi taking pictures, "they don't stay inside the national park?" Our driver chortled. "The park is not a zoo. They are wild. They go where they want. They go into farmers' fields and eat the crops. And sometimes they are dangerous. Just last week an elephant was wounded by poachers in Zimbabwe, swam across the Zambezi and killed a woman in a village 20 miles up river from here."

Travel: Zambia [Published Herald Scotland - Jun 15 2013]

"This proclamation has been preceded by the enactment of the Electoral Amendments that were approved by cabinet on 11 June 2013."

Mugabe Triggers War Over Elections [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 14 2013]

"The US seems adamant not to remove the sanctions because a letter was written in 2011 by the Minister of Finance requesting for the removal of restrictions because of the impact it was having on the socio-economic development of the country. In an act of solidarity, the World Diamond Council also called for the removal of the sanctions at a diamond conference that was held in Victoria Falls in 2012" said the report

Sanctions Hurt Diamond Sales [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 14 2013]

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UNTWO and tourism information [Published Zambia Post - Jun 13 2013]
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Press Releases

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