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Rising cost pressures keep Namibians away from hotels
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Rising cost pressures keep Namibians away from hotels

September 09, 2022
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Namibia’s domestic tourism is under pressure amid revelations that locals are staying away from hotels and lodges due to rising cost pressures, latest figures from the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) show.

Okapuka Game Ranch joins Gondwana Collection
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Okapuka Game Ranch joins Gondwana Collection

September 06, 2022
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Gondwana Collection Namibia has taken over management of the Okapuka Game Ranch located outside Windhoek on the road to Okahandja.

Air Zimbabwe plans Windhoek flights, as Eurowings adds HKIA to new SA route
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Air Zimbabwe plans Windhoek flights, as Eurowings adds HKIA to new SA route

August 19, 2022
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Zimbabwean national airline Air Zimbabwe is planning to start flights between Harare and Windhoek to take advantage of a gap in the market left by the collapse of Air Namibia. 

Tourism sector to drive economic growth
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Tourism sector to drive economic growth

July 21, 2022
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Namibia’s tourism sector is expected to provide support to overall economic growth in 2022 following a recent rise in national occupancy rates and foreign arrivals, which are creeping closer to pre-pandemic levels, Simonis Storm has said.

NWR engages stakeholders, aging buildings and menu concerns take center stage
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NWR engages stakeholders, aging buildings and menu concerns take center stage

July 15, 2022
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Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) on Friday engaged various stakeholders to explain how the hospitality firm is addressing issues of dilapidating buildings and poor services at its vacation areas.

NWR embarks on N$16m resorts renovations
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NWR embarks on N$16m resorts renovations

June 21, 2022
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Namibia Wildlife Resorts Limited (NWR) has announced the commencement of major renovations across most of its resorts at a cost of N$ 16 million.

Namibia records highest occupancy rate since Covid outbreak
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Namibia records highest occupancy rate since Covid outbreak

June 20, 2022
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Tourists are slowly flocking back to Namibia after the country recorded a national hotel occupancy rate of 39.4% in May 2022, latest figures from the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) show.

NWR board gets term extension
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NWR board gets term extension

June 15, 2022
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Acting Minister of Public Enterprises, Ipumbu Shiimi has announced the extension of the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) board’s term of office on a temporary basis from 15 June until 14 December 2022.

CDC classification could hit tourism sector recovery
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CDC classification could hit tourism sector recovery

June 08, 2022
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Namibia’s tourism industry could be negatively affected by the listing of the country as a “high-risk” destination by America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Tourism sector upbeat on recovery
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Tourism sector upbeat on recovery

June 03, 2022
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The tourism sector is optimistic about its recovery as data from the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) shows an improvement in national occupancy rates at tourism establishments. 

According to HAN, the national room occupancy was recorded at 36.5% in April this year, relative to 27.0% over the same period last year. 

“This represents two-thirds of pre-pandemic occupancy rates,” said a Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) analysis compiled by FirstRand Namibia Group Economist Ruusa Nandago. 

The national room occupancy rate in April 2019 was 54.7%. 

“Encouragingly, visitors from Europe make up 47% of all rooms occupied – an indication of an increase in foreign tourist activity. The increase in occupancy rates is in line with the return of international airlines and increased flight schedules by most airlines operating in the country,” said the Economist.

In addition to flight schedules of Fly Namibia, Airlink, Eurowings and Qatar Airways, Ethiopian Airlines has increased their weekly flights to Windhoek from 4 to 5 and TAAG increased their weekly Windhoek trips from 2 to 3 from the end of March.

Most visitors came from Germany, Switzerland and Austria (27.9%), South Africa (12.0%), France (3.6%) and Benelux (2.04%) during March 2022.

RMB added that the number of regional and international arrivals has increased, as indicated by the regional and international arrival index, which averaged 130% y/y in 1Q22.


“Barring any further waves of Covid-19 and travel bans, we expect that occupancy rates and tourist activity will continue to recover, with activity returning to pre-pandemic
levels in 2023,” she said. 

A slow recovery in tourism had resulted from Namibia’s low vaccination rates, global travel restrictions and new variant infection outbreaks among others.

Bank of Namibia has forecast a 4.8% growth for this sector in 2022.

Both hotels below and above 30 rooms recorded the highest occupancy rates in March 2022 at 45.3% and 39.1% respectively, followed by bed and breakfast establishments (39.0%), tented camps (28.6%), lodges (23.6%), guest farms (23.4%), guesthouses (19.1%), and rest camps (15.4%).

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