Zanzibar

From the comforts of the modern world, he found himself in a haven of magic and romance, the raw Zanzibar, and created the first Greek hotels.

Zanzibar is gearing up to be a top-notch worldwide tourist spot with all this cash pouring in and big-name hotels setting up shop. But, on the flip side, the surge in visitors and the push for mass tourism might mess with the island's authentic vibe.

Increased interest in charter programs for Christmas and New Year, according to tour operators. However, tourists are sensitive to all restrictive measures and many of the registrations are at the last minute.

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism."

Born in Zanzibar and based in England, Gurnah is a professor at the University of Kent. His novel "Paradise" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994.

The pandemic situation determined Romanians to spend their Easter holidays and Labor Day in the country, where the number of tourists expected in hotels and bed & breakfasts will clock in at around 300,000, double over a normal year, said, on Thursday, for AGERPRES, Traian Badulescu, communications specialist with the National Association for Travel Agencies (ANAT).

Tanzanian police say 45 people died during a stampede in Dar-es-Salaam as mourners paid their last respects to the late President John Magufuli.

The stampede took place when thousands of grieving citizens tried to push their way into a stadium in the city to bid farewell to their leader, whose sudden death after a mysterious absence was announced on March 17.

In the past two weeks, 395 Bulgarians who have arrived from Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Egypt have been quarantined, TravelNews reported.

People have traveled on the last charter flights returned to our country from both African countries.

Ljubljana – The number of new coronavirus infections again exceeded one thousand on Wednesday, standing at 1,164, which is a slight drop from the day before. Hospitalisations also exceeded the 500 milestone by one patient today, while 106 needed intensive care, seven more than the day before. Four patients died.

More than 70% of tests made nationwide are positive for the new British version of COVID-19. There is no registered Nigerian version of the virus in Bulgaria, said in Health Minister Prof. Kostadin Angelov during his visit to Kyustendil, as quoted by BGNES.

For the first time, Bulgarian tourists can reach Kenya by direct flight from Sofia.