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Consultative meeting with SMEs takes place in Victoria Falls

The Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Honourable Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ncube, met with the small to medium enterprises (SME’s) in the tourism sector of Victoria Falls on Saturday at The Kingdom Hotel. The meeting was to discuss key challenges that the SME’s are facing in the tourism sector and to see where the Ministry …

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“The Greatest Safari on Earth” begins in Victoria Falls today

The inaugural ROAR AFRICA Emirates Executive Private Jet Safari, dubbed as “The Greatest Safari on Earth”, is set to arrive in Victoria Falls today, 18th August 2021.  The extraordinary ‘bucket list’ travel experience designed to preserve and support Africa’s wildlife, wild spaces and communities, aims to transform its guests into change agents for conservation and …

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Zimbabwe begins using the Trusted Travel Initiative Platform

In October 2020, the African Union officially launched the Trusted Travel platform as part of the overall Trusted Travel Initiative during a joint ministerial meeting of the ministers of health, transport, and information and communication of African Union Member States. The African Union Commission and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) launched the …

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Designated Isolation Facility for tourists in Victoria Falls

Whilst recovery of tourism to Victoria Falls has begun, there have been some travellers who have expressed concern and reluctance to travel in the event that they were to test positive for COVID before departing from Zimbabwe. 544 Reynard Road, “Malachite House”, is now a temporary designated isolation facility for tourists approved by Ministry of …

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Kazangula and Victoria Falls border posts reopen to vaccinated travellers

Today on 30th July 2021, the Kazangula and Victoria Falls Border Posts to Zimbabwe have reopened to travellers who are fully vaccinated only. Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated travellers will be denied entry through these two land borders. Whilst Zimbabwe’s main International Airports have remained open throughout 2021, the land borders were closed in January 2021 …

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Zimbabwe Entry requirements remain unchanged for tourists

The regulations with regard to Tourists arriving in Zimbabwe by air remain unchanged and are as follows: A PCR negative certificate issued within 48 hours of departure for Zimbabwe should be presented on arrival Tourists arriving will be required to fill out a travel history document to hand in at immigration Tourists will be temperature …

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Zimbabwe increases lockdown measures to combat rising case numbers

On the 2nd January 2021, the government of Zimbabwe announced it would be reimplementing a national lockdown with measures to curb the rising number of positive COVID-19 cases across the country. In his address to the nation, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Constantino Chiwenga, confirmed that there had been a surge …

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Covid-19 PCR Testing now available at Victoria Falls Airport

Lancet Clinical Laboratories have set-up a laboratory test site at the Victoria Falls Airport in order to provide Covid-19 PCR Tests for travellers arriving into the tourism hub of Zimbabwe. As per the Ministry of Health and Child Care requirements, all regional and international travellers arriving into Zimbabwe will be required to produce a negative …

COVID-19 Updates Destination Openness Tourism Protocols

Zimbabwe re-opens it’s Airports for travellers

Zimbabwe re-opened its major airports to International and Regional passenger flights on 1 October 2020, with domestic services having already resumed earlier in September. Victoria Falls was amongst the major airports in the country to re-open with Air Zimbabwe being the first to resume flights to the destination from Harare. Please note the following measures which have been …

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Vice President tours International Airports to assess readiness for tourism re-opening

This last weekend saw the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, who is also the Minister of Health & Child Care, Hon.CGN Chiwenga and the Hon N.M Ndhlovu touring the countries International Airports to assess the readiness for the return of tourism. The tour began with R.G.Mugabe International Airport, and included JKM Nkomo in …