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Tourists will only need a single visa to access tourist attraction centers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

This comes after East African tourism head’s have agreed to market the region as a single tourist destination.

Kenya tourist board managing director Dr Ongong’a Achieng says Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will market the region as a destination in main source markets and during international exhibitions.

He said this move is aimed at making it easier for tourists visiting any of the three countries to access the other two.

Speaking during the launch of executive turbine airline, Dr Ongong’a said Kenya tourist board would hold talks with international airlines that do not fly to Kenya to woo them to ply the Kenyan route. (continue reading…)

The early 70s spelt the beginning of a ‘new era’. The old Tourism Department of񎦧 was then upgraded into the Tourism Development Corporation.

The formation of the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) in 1972 and placing it under the purview of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) for strategic planning and focus charted a new era in the history of the tourism industry. That was the same year Malaysia Airlines was formed (1972). It was the dawn of a new beginning and both TDC and MAS were tasked to put Malaysia on the world tourist map. Since then, the Malaysian economy remains relatively robust with manufacturing and tourism taking the lead.

Today, the tourism industry has experienced a rapid growth and gained an importance in the Malaysian economy. It is the second largest foreign exchange earner, after manufacturing. This is in line with the government’s objective to accelerate the domestic private sector and stimulate the services sector to spearhead economic growth. (continue reading…)

CHINA is an emerging tourism market, says Fiji Islands Visitors Bureau chairman Patrick Wong.

He made the comments in response to the visa exemption order for Chinese nationals gazetted by interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama this week.

“As far as tourism is concerned, that is certainly an advantage — to get to the China market,” he said.

Mr Wong said 180,000 Chinese visitors travelled to Australia last year and Fiji could lure some of them here.

“We are offering the sun and the sea but they are more interested in the night life,” he said.

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali said the interim regime should not be gazetting such orders. (continue reading…)

Dear Fixer: My mother, who passed away in 2004, had a Citibank credit card, for which I was an authorized user. The card was under her Social Security number.

I notified them of her death as she had credit insurance, and sent in a death certificate. But then Citibank put the account against my Social Security number as a charge-off.

I am buying a home and this is hurting my credit score, costing me a higher interest rate.

I contacted Citibank and they verified that this is not my account and should not be under my Social Security number. They told me to fax a request to their credit reporting service asking them to correct this. I did all of this in June and have heard nothing. (continue reading…)

Less than a month after copping a market pasting in the wash-up from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, they are offering their shell-shocked shareholders credit cards.

“Founding members” will get a platinum Visa card that “leverages the strength of Macquarie Bank” and “harnesses the global acceptance of Visa”.

Shareholders are offered an initial credit limit of $20,000 but the bank will “happily consider giving you a higher credit limit once we issue your card and upon assessment of further (continue reading…)

Tourists will only need a single visa to access tourist attraction centers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

This comes after East African tourism head’s have agreed to market the region as a single tourist destination.

Kenya tourist board managing director Dr Ongong’a Achieng says Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will market the region as a destination in main source markets and during international exhibitions.

He said this move is aimed at making it easier for tourists visiting any of the three countries to access the other two. (continue reading…)

Immigration police will launch an e-visa service in September which they hope will speed up the processing time for foreign tourists arriving at Suvarnabhumi airport and other popular destinations including Phuket.

Thaveesak Tuchinda, commander of International Airport Immigration, said the e-visa system will shorten the visa checking process by using a computer scanner to verify passports and print out a certified sticker, instead of using a manual immigration stamp.

He also said the process was being used in a number of other countries around the world.

Pol Maj-Gen Thaveesak said the move is part of a plan to improve the immigration process at airports. Staff at immigration counters at major airports will also be increased. (continue reading…)