Archive for August 2021
Nyungwe Nziza Project voted one of best tourism development projects by the British Guild of Travel Writers
On Wednesday, September 12th, the British Guild of Travel Writers conducted a first round of voting for their annual Tourism Awards. The USAID-sponsored Nyungwe Nziza Project, for which SW Associates…
Read MoreObama Administration Tourism Strategy is Working
The US Department of Commerce announced today that the President’s January Executive Order and May release of the country’s National Travel and Tourism Strategy, international tourism and spending have increased…
Read MoreKitabi Cultural Village Reported in AllAfrica.com
Jean Pierre Bucyensenge of AllAfrica.com published a helpful article today about the Kitabi Cultural Village initiative, which is supported by the USAID-sponsored Nyungwe Nziza and the Rwanda Development Board. He…
Read MoreKPMG Financing Study cautiously optimistic on future of tourism in the Caribbean
For the last several months, I have been helping to research and analyze tourism trends, especially investment, in the Caribbean for the International Finance Corproation. As many of you are…
Read MoreUSAID Nyungwe Nziza Project in Rwanda named winner of Best Overseas and Best Global Project Awards by British Guild of Travel Writers
London, November 6th – USAID’s Nyungwe Nziza (“Beautiful Nyungwe”) project was named winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers’ (BGTW) Best Overseas and Best Global Project Awards. At the Guild’s prestigious annual…
Read MoreRwanda Tour Operators push to diversify with Nyungwe Park
In an interview published today on Travel Daily News International’s website, SW Associates President Scott Wayne talks with Manzi Kayihura, President of the Rwanda Tour and Travel Association and Managing…
Read MoreCleaning DC’s Waterways
From an interesting editorial in the Washington Post on Sunday December 8th, 2012: “ONE OF THE District’s largest environmental projects planned for coming decades is a system to prevent a…
Read MoreUSAID’s Nyungwe Nziza Project in Rwanda launches professional guide certification program in Nyungwe National Park
USAID’s Nyungwe Nziza Project in Rwanda launches professional guide certification program in Nyungwe National Park Kigali, February 14th – Through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Nyungwe Nziza Project…
Read MoreGetting the most of e-tourism in Emerging Destinations by Scott Wayne and David Sterling
For destinations around the world, tourism can be a key to unlocking and stimulating growth, development and employment. It is one of the world’s most competitive and productive industries —…
Read MoreSeeking Sustainability – African Park PPPs
[By Scott Wayne, from Handshake – the International Finance Corporation’s Quarterly Journal on Public-Private Partnerships, Issue #10] Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can be the key to ensuring the sustainability of national parks and protected areas in…
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