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The World Trade Organization recently published a case study on Mauritius as part of their series on “Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation.” The problems and solutions highlighted in this…

Melissa Shales, the former chair of the British Guild of Travel Writers, just published a feature on “How to Sell Rwanda” in the UK-based Selling Long Haul publication and website.…

This morning the following story from eTurbo News caught my attention: “Iceland tourism braces for huge VAT increase.” VAT is going from 7% to a whopping 25.5%, although a decrease in…

Over the past couple of years, after working on tourism development projects around the globe, for nearly every destination without exception from tiny St Lucia to India, China is on…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…