Elephant kills two female tourists from UK, New Zealand in Zambian national park

Elephant kills two female tourists from UK, New Zealand in Zambian national park

Female elephants are very protective of their calves and can respond aggressively to what they perceive as threats.

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Kenya steps up push to grow tourism arrivals to five million to stave off competition from neighbouring countries

Kenya steps up push to grow tourism arrivals to five million to stave off competition from neighbouring countries

County Executive Committee Member for Trade, Culture and Tourism, Mohamed Osman, said he believes that the five million target can be achieved by 2026. He urged the government to fully implement the open sky policy to attract more tourists to the country.

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Fire experts in Kenya told wildfires are not necessarily bad if indigenous knowledge is fused in their management

Fire experts in Kenya told wildfires are not necessarily bad if indigenous knowledge is fused in their management

Chege observed that fire, from an ecological and social perspective, holds significant benefits right from controlling pests and improving soil quality to regenerating fresh vegetation for grazing. However, he lamented that Kenya’s current fire management approach remains largely reactive, with most responses coming after wildfires have already caused damage.

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Reformed poacher offers hope for Zimbabwe’s tourism industry and endangered wildlife species

Reformed poacher offers hope for Zimbabwe’s tourism industry and endangered wildlife species

Tembanechako Mastick and a group of men scanned bushes near their village in southeast Zimbabwe, on the hunt for the den of hyenas that had recently attacked livestock. Scattered fragments of goat bones showed the way, and Mastick peeped cautiously into a deep hole in the earth. “They are probably...

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Scramble for numbers in Europe’s hospitality industry ushers in new concerns of ‘overtourism’

Scramble for numbers in Europe’s hospitality industry ushers in new concerns of ‘overtourism’

Anyone paying attention during this summer of “overtourism” is familiar with the escalating consequences around the world: traffic jams in paradise. Reports of hospitality workers living in tents. And “anti-tourism” protests intended to shame visitors as they dine – or, as in Barcelona in July, douse them with water pistols.

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