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Don't knock it, Maputo rocks!

I have just read the article in Saturday Star Travel on Maputo (August 14). I have lived in Maputo for over four years and know it well. 21 August 2010 06:00


Please don't leave, Tunisia begs Muslim tourists

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan this year falls right in the middle of the holiday season and hundreds of thousands of visitors have packed their bags and gone home - leaving Tunisia's tourism industry to count the cost. 20 August 2010 02:23


The mayhem that's Maputo

A one-day visit to Mozambique's capital was more than enough for Jan de Beer. 17 August 2010 06:00


Street kids offer authentic tour of Madagascar

From rags to not-quite riches but a new set of clothes, at least - this is the reward for a group of street kids on the impoverished Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. 13 August 2010 06:59


Memories are made of this

Vivien Horler finds a Seychelles island just perfect. 11 August 2010 06:00


The long wait is over

The world's biggest museum of Islamic art will reopen in Cairo in coming weeks after a seven-year facelift. 05 August 2010 08:47


Cutting to the bone

A new concept in desert safaris, to save wild animals and the tribal way of life of people who safeguard them, is taking off in the remote north-west Kunene in Namibia, writes Sue Grant-Marshall. 03 August 2010 06:00


All the President's grannies

Bryan Rimmer spent nine days on the Obama heritage tour, which takes visitors through the dirt-poor western region of Kenya to see the mud-hut background of the world's most powerful man. 02 August 2010 09:40


Mozambique counting on tourism investment

Mozambique expects investment in its fast-growing tourism sector to jump five-fold to $2-billion in the next several years. 30 July 2010 06:58


Hoteliers wary of Mauritius tourism revenues

Mauritius has registered a 6.2 percent rise in tourist arrivals in the first six months of the year, compared with a year earlier. 28 July 2010 07:11