Tag Archive "tourism"

World: Oh, the places you won’t go! World’s 25 least-visited countries

Using UN statistics, travel writer Gunnar Garfors found that top contenders for the least-visited award are often dangerous or remote. But some are just plain ...

Somaliland :Trip Report

I Just got back from a few days in Somaliland. Felt completely safe. On the ground people are saying that the travel warning from the UK ...

Somaliland: Historic Artifacts are being smuggled out of the Country by Tourists

Somaliland minister of Sports, Tourism and youth affairs said there is a surge in what appears to be a growing trend by visitors to Somaliland ...

Seafood restaurants thrive in Mogadishu

A cook at Lido Seafood Restaurant prepares fresh fish and lobsters. [Majid Ahmed/Sabahi] As security conditions improve in Mogadishu, Somali businessmen and returning expatriates have ...

At last, Somalia is rising again

Somali investors reopen Royal Garden Hotel, the ex-Guled Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. WASHINGTON — Somalia, a country whose name became a synonym for a failed ...

Somaliland: No fuss. No Haggling.

BY BRYN KARCHA Somaliland is far from the first nation I’ve traveled to. What struck me most, more than the pyramids of Egypt, the beaches ...

Somalia: does tourism stand a chance in Mogadishu?

“At the main entrance to the pure white sands of Lido Beach, the city’s most popular stretch of coast, we are met with a beach ...

Anonymous hackers cripple Australian websites over proposed laws

Members of Anonymous wear the traditional facemasks associated with the group. Source: AFP SYDNEY — A GROUP of hackers has launched a string of politically-motivated ...

Somalia could become the biggest tourism market in east Africa – UN

The town of Merca (Somali: Marka) on the Indian Ocean in the Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. NAIROBI — Somalia could give its Eastern Africa neighbours ...

Luxury dining on Mogadishu beachfront signals continued evolution toward peace

MOGADISHU — Beachfront dining, fresh lobster, and a European clientele: Somalia’s restaurant scene is quickly changing for the better. Somali businessman Ahmed Jama recently returned ...

Turkey plans Somaliland flight to tighten ties

HARGEISA — A Turkish delegation has visited Hargeisa, the self-declared republic of Somaliland in what it said was to strengthen existing relations by providing technical ...

Ethiopia says Eritrea-trained gunmen killed tourists

ADDIS ABABA — Gunmen have killed five foreign tourists in Ethiopia’s remote northern Afar region, after crossing into the Horn of Africa country from neighbouring ...

Ethiopian Airlines starts Muscat-Addis Ababa flights

MUSCAT — Muscat International Airport welcomed a new airline, Ethiopian Airlines which started its flights to Muscat from early morning yesterday. This is the third ...

The best places to be in the World; if best place matters!

Finally, we have got our bags loaded up into the Umra bus and started our journey to Mecca via Medina on Ramadan 18th at around ...

Discovery Of Gorilla Species in Somaliland

SHEIKH, 7 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) — It is always exciting when a new species are discovered in country, but the idea that most animals are ...

Somaliland Business Review: Adams Inn

HARGEISA, 7 September 2009 (Somalilandpress) – As part of the slowly growing business in Somaliland, and part of the country’s development after the devastating civil ...