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Letters from Africa and Worldwide
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Africa Travel Magazine Editors and Broadcast Team Interview leaders and other star performers on the African tourism scene at events around the world. One more reason why our magazine editions are keepers. Our editors and broadcasters welcome your requests for personalities and topics. E-mail africa@dowco.com

FROM NIGERIA

Dear Jerry and Muguette,

Greetings from OssyRoyal Travel & Tours Ltd Lagos Nigeria, we are tour operator in Nigeria we want to use this great opportunity to thank you very much for promoting Nigeria tourism industry and Nigeria in general may God bless the good work of your hands. However, we want to use this opportunity to tell tourist around the world that Nigeria is a place to be for tourism at least Africa Travel Magazine have hosted two different events in Nigeria in the year 2000 in the capital city- Abuja, Nigeria and Calabar in 2006 &endash; Calabar Cross River State, Nigeria- visit http://www.africa-ata.org/nigeria.htm and http://www.africa-ata.org/ng_calabar.htm OBUDU CATTLE RANCH RESORT  http://www.africa-ata.org/ecospread_ng.htm is heaven on earth what a wonderful place Greenland to visit in Nigeria, Nigeria is waiting for you in addition we are sending Tourist to Bhutan and India. For more information please contact us on

Michael Nicholas Osita, Director, OssyRoyal Travel & Tours Limited, E-mail: mnosita@yahoo.com, Tel: +234-8038259271, Proudly Nigeria

FROM MALI

I am the international sales Agent of Balanzan Tours, a travel and discovery tool for West African destinations such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal. After an endless research on world tourism from Safaris, to historical, fluvial, architectural, educative and Eco tourism, I came across your website, which grew my interest to partner with you and increase our customer's portfolio with incomparable products that will attract and fascinate any type of tourists. Naturally, I already expect some answers like: what could we sell over there? We don't have any demand for West Africa. We don't speak the same language for us to interact with the people. Or, is it safe over there? Believe me, you will never finish working on those destinations due to their rich and varied cultures, their endless history, their vast territories and their natural reserves. Starting before Jesus Christ, through the past and crossing different empires, religious penetrations, science and literature, slavery and colonization, west Africa resumes the civilization of the whole Africa and even defies the european civilization approved and witnessed by European explorers, who visited and settled in that part of Africa.

You certainly don't have any demand for that region, because your customers simply don't know the treasure lying on that land. And it's our duty as tour operators and travel agents to inform and educate our customers about those new and almost unexplored destinations that truly defy imagination and could surely push high our business development plan. More over, you will be impressed by our african natives tour directors' and guides' fluency in foreign languages such French, english, German, arabic, Russian, Spanish etc...

Considered as the safest countries with political stability through democracy and the respect and compantion that the people have for foreign people, Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso are without any wonder among the best destinations in Africa. Besides, Timbuktu, Djenne, Dogon countries and Gao are consider World heritage by UNESCO. These places receiving thousands of tourists from all over the world and holding cultural festivals through the years are worth to be visited. Waiting for your feedback, I will be more than delighted to work with you on new packages with all the informations regarding the destinations.Yours sincerely, COULIBALY, General Manager

info@balanzantours.com

www.balanzantours.com 

Skype:     balanzan.tour

Messenger: balanzantours@yahoo.frMSN: balanzan-tours@hotmail.fr

Tel:   (+223) 20 28 00 20

(+223) 20 79 28 60

(+223) 44 38 97 44

Mobil: (+223) 76 45 80 80

(+223) 66 72 43 42

  (+223) 76 14 29 29

Fax:   (+223) 20 28 69 36

PO BOX: E 4453

Baco Djicoroni Sud

Bamako Mali West Africa

 

Adventures in Kenya: I would like to Introduce our Safari company to you. NATURETREK Adventures Safaris Ltd was established in Kenya in 1994. The company was founded and is still owned by Stanley Thomas (British) and Michael Veke (Kenyan). Because of their love of the African wild and outdoor activities, they started off with trekking and hiking safaris. (continued on page 2)

Dear Michael. We are pleased to hear from you and are informing our readers via this web site. Hope to meet you during our ATA 30th Anniversary Congress in Nairobi, or perhaps even sooner. We had the pleasure of introducing many of your fellow Kenya tour operators to travel agents here in Vancouver, Canada two years ago, and it was a great pleasure. Muguette

From Cote d'Ivoire: All my congratulations for introducing a FAST TRACK device. Internet connection is tremendously expensive and difficult in most African countries. This will help many professionals and Africans most generally who had certainly not been able to benefit from your useful information until now. Beatrice Grandcolas, Best of Africa

From Zanzibar, Tanzania: Your presence to Zanzibar gave me new page in the struggle of my life as you are such good advisor and editor, to remind you , my name is AZIZ RAMADHAN BONZO Tour operator and Tourist guide had a talk in Zanzibar beach resort about about Tourism business. I am sure we can do some thing profitable if you start giving clients my emai: mailto:aziznews@hotmail.com All clients asking about Zanzibar will be given reliable information as soon as you direct them to me. I promise you that will be our deal.Please arrange and tell me what to do at a start for the benefit of both of us. AZIZ R. BONZO (click for our reply)

From Cape Town, South Africa
Hi Dear Friends. How nice to hear from you and that you will be visiting Zanzibar. I must say you have chosen an interesting career that takes you to such exciting places. We were both crazy with Mpho when we hear that you will be visiting Zanzibar because we always talk about how we wish to visit it one day. Yes we have started to be busy now we once again get visitors from all parts of the world especially U.K., German, Belgium, France and Switzerland. In March, April this year I had New Yorkers who frequently visited us mostly referred by those who previously visited us. So please do take a via to South Africa, Cape Town after your trip to Zanzibar to come and visit us. Warm regards. Thope

We invite our readers to send in their letters and requests, e to see published in our magazines and web sites. Write in English or French to Muguette Goufrani, Associate Editor. mailto:africa@dowco.com

From Israel: The Web site is truly fantastic and a real eye-opener.

From the USA: We love your
Morocco Wedding Fair story ..

From South Africa: Attached please find some more pics from Jewel Africa for the ATA website. I am absolutely amazed at what ATA has put together there. Well done, we love being part of something so informative and professional
Best regards, Meike Zumpt From Southern California: Greetings Muguette: Thank you for the coverage in Africa Travel Magazine of the memorials to Ellen Posell's involvement with Africa.  I would like to add to it.  Ellen and I first met at a chapter meeting when I was looking for a roommate for an ATA Congress .  We agreed to meet for lunch to discuss quirky things that can ruin a roommate relationship.  She doesn't snore.  I do when very tired.  She spreads out & needs lots of room.  I an very compact and don't need lots of space.  We are both neat and will clean our areas before leaving our room.  Well, we decided it would work.  And it did for the 4 or 5 times we roomed together after our first trip.  She was always positive and willing to share her extensive knowledge while on safari.  She is missed and will be for a very long time. 

From New Jersey. Church organizing CameroonTour
Dear Muguette. Thank you very much for writing and sending the magazines to me to share with members of First Presbyterian Church of Connecticut Farms. I will update you with our future travel plans to Cameroon. I will also forward your email to our Pastor especially regarding your offer to inform the ministry of Tourism. We have "A Taste of Cameroon" get together. We will be delighted to have you or your representative at the occassion if you can make it. Thanks again and best regards, Ephraim

From New York, USA: Dear Ms. Goufrani. Thank you the compliment on Suzanne. It is with comments like yours that help us to motivate our teams to continously improve and deliver world class customer service. I will be sure to share your email with Suzanne and ensure she receives the proper recognition for a job well done. I was also glad to hear your trip to Zambia and South Africa was productive and enjoyable. I'm sure you will have many memories to cherish. Thank you for choosing to fly on Cathay Pacific Airways and I look forward to welcoming you onboard another flight in the near future. Sincerely, James Groark, Airport Services Manager- JFK International Airport From Zanzibar
Dear Aziz. Many thanks for your letter and interest in our efforts. It is important that we keep in touch and I will be pleased to include your comments in our media. I will add your name to our Wesite's "letters "page, so plese send your phone and fax so we can add them as well. We will have lots of new material on Zanzibar from our trip, and here is a sample page with photos we took in late December of the fabulous beaches http://www.africa-ata.org/zz_ecopix1.htm. Best Regards. JWB

From Bellingham, Washington: Just found your site "air highways" and I love it. Great stuff and so much information and entertaining as well.I have some news about Bellingham Washington however, if you are interested. Alpha Aviation no longer exists at all. Bellingham Fuel Service (360 671 1600) has replaced them with Texaco products, Jet A and 100LL. Bakerview Aircraft Maintenance no longer exists. Whatcom Territory Aero Services has replaced them for aircraft maintenance services. A new Bellingham based Airline Bellingham Air Service (360 671 2250) is offering charter services to the San Juan Islands and the Puget sound area. John Sibold is no longer Airport Director, but has moved on to the Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Aviation Division. He has been replaced by Art Choat. I live in Bellingham and love Point Roberts myself. Once again, your site has a really nice look and I will tell everyone I know about it.
Sincerely, Joseph Young - Pilot,

Fannfo on Akodessewas Togo: Hello Muguette. My boyfriend and I are doing research on Akodessewas and would like to see photos or see if there is a Video tape that we could purchase (possibly through a TV series on the market). If you have any advise, I would love to hear from you.
Thanks, Stacy

Good Morning Stacy. Here's a site and an e-mail address, where they can connect you directly with the sources of video tapes and books, etc. on Togo. http://www.republicoftogo.com, The official Website of the Republic of Togo mailto:info@republicoftogo.com
Please keep in touch and let us know how you make out in your project and with the above connection. Warmest Regards, Muguette Goufrani

Coffee Beans from Ethiopia: Dear sir: I want you to inform me all the needed information if i want to import Harar coffee beans. Dandachli Family

We appreciate your inquiry. Here is a contact for coffee beans in Ethiopia and I am sure they can help you.
Haicof Plc / Coffee, Box 4854, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: ( 251) 1-510124, 515117, 516888
Fax: (251) 1-518588, E-mail: haicof@telecom.net.et
Warmest Regards, editor

From the USA: "I came upon the your website http://www.africa-ata.org/morocco.htm by accident and I just want to tell you that I think it is wonderful.

The way you have painted Morocco has made me long to return to it. I'm half Moroccan and half American. My mother is Berber and my father an American Italian. I was born in Ouarzazate, which is a small town south of Rabat. I really just wanted to thank you for such a wonderful job. ~Nawal Cristillo
Many thanks Nawal. Editor

From Washington, DC, USA: You passed me your card and gave me a copy of your magazine AFRICA. We also talked about the African Barkless Dog, the Basenji. Recently the Basenji organization we belong to prepared a review of a book titled "Dogs of Africa", which has a chapter devoted to the Basenji. I'll try to get a link on that book for you from the Basenji Companion's web site. Allen R. Thuring

Dear Allen. I am sure our readers will find the Basenji story interesting. We will be proud to feature it on our site and magazines. Perhaps someday, becoming an owner.

Reader Request: I'm interested in a 2-3 week tour of Guinea (Conakry) in the summer of 2006. Please let me know what magazines you have that might be helpful. Thanks.  Adam DeRidder

Dear Mr. DeRidder,. Thank you for your interest in Guinea, one of our favorite African destinations. I am forwarding your request to Mr. Ibrahima Diallo, Director of Tourism, Republic of Guinea, who will give you additional material. In addition, we have an excellent edition of our magazine featuring Guinea, which we will be pleased to mail to you. Please send us your mailing address. Thanks also for reading our website. There will be more features forthcoming on Guinea as a tourism and business destination.
Kindest Regards, Jerry W. Bird, Editor

From London, UK: Could you please let your members know about our taxi service for people arriving from the USA in London. Our website is
http://www.welcometotheuk.com We offer a meet and greet service with the driver meeting the customer inside the terminal directly they get off the flight thank you. Mark

Dear Mark. We are proud to include your link, having experienced the courtesy and professionalism of cab drivers we have had the good fortune of meeting while in London. Editor

From Zambia: Dear Muguette. Believe it or not Zambia is the real Africa. What with Musi-O-tunya..."the water that thunders." Just reminding you how Zambia is really the true Africa... Will talk about this later. I was away sight seeing and canoeing in the Luangwa river over the weekend. Just taking a break and to get some heal for the Soul. Very theraputic indeed.Well that is what the whole of Zambia is all about. God/nature could have denied us the coast but the wild is always breathtaking all over. The people,They say, give them butter to eat, it will not melt and are so kind and welcoming they cannot kill a bee. Alexis

From Sweden: Dear Sir or Madame. I am a student at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, working towards a major in marketing. I am currently about to write my Master Thesis. My plan is to write about "Adventure Tourism in Guinea" through a program called Minor Field Studies, which gives Swedish students the financial opportunity to travel to a developing country and conduct a study. My problem is that I do not have a contact in Guinea yet, and since this is required to recieve financial aid, I am in desperately need of someone. It has to be someone living in the country, willing to help me find information I will neeed to carry out this study, but is does not have to be a scholar and it does not get any payment for this. I saw your company the Internet and thought that maybe you know someone that would be willing to help me, or even do it yourself. If so, please write me back and indicate your interest. Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards,
Nils Hammar

Dear Mr. Hammar. Thank you for your letter. We appreciate your compliments on our articles on Guinea and are forwarding your request to Mr. Ibrahima Diallo, Manager of Tourism for the Republic of Guinea. Mr. Diallo works closely with the Hon. Minister Sylla Diakite and is extremely knowledgable in your areas of interest. Please stay in touch with me as we are interested in your progress and the exciting project you are embarked upon. Warmest Regards,
Jerry W. Bird, Editor and Publisher

From South Africa: Dear Jerry,. Hope this mail finds you well. We've met a few weeks ago at the Holiday Inn in Lusaka, Zambia. I've promised to send you contact information of South African trains should you wish to do a story in Travel Magazine. The two most luxurious are the Blue Train (+27-21-4492672) and Rovos Rail (+27-21-4214020). Both target the foreign tourist market and routes cover South Africa as well as Southern Africa destinations. I've done the Pretoria / Cape Town route on the Blue Train a few years ago and can recommend it any time. The Union Steam Limited (+27-21-4494391) is a vintage steam train covering mainly the Garden Route in the Western Cape and also attract a lot of foreign visitors (steam train lovers) from abroad. The Outeniqua Choo-Choo (+27-44-8018264) is another steam train operating the short distance between Knysna and George with beautiful scenery along the route. It is a nice outing for a day if you are in the area. Finally, their is Holiday on Wheels (+27-21-4494391) offering various tours covering routes in South Africa, Namibia, etc. The package involves using the train as a base for accommodation and meals and doing excursions with coaches along the route. Best regards, AJ, AJ Kruger

From Italy: SHOPPING AND TRAVEL: AFRICA'S FASHION-DESIGNERS WIN ACCLAIM . We wish to submit to your attention the presence on the market of our professional products. Great companies like Christian Dior, Helena Rubinstein, Estee Lauder, Make up for Ever and Guerlain and Clarins, are only some of many who have chosen our products. Our exclusive and patented line of products introduced in the best international fairs and cosmetic magazines has been created purposelyfor the requirements of those who operate in the field of the cosmetic, binding together the prestige to the comfort of use. We invite you to visit http://www.cantonionline.it , Devis Paganelli, Marketing Director, CANTONI GROUP

From Zanzibar
Dear Aziz. Many thanks for your letter and interest in our efforts. It is important that we keep in touch and I will be pleased to include your comments in our media. I will add your name to our Wesite's "letters "page, so plese send your phone and fax so we can add them as well. We will have lots of new material on Zanzibar from our trip, and here is a sample page with photos we took in late December of the fabulous beaches http://www.africa-ata.org/zz_ecopix1.htm. Best Regards. JWB

From Bellingham, Washington
Just found your site "air highways" and I love it. Great stuff and so much information and entertaining as well.I have some news about Bellingham Washington however, if you are interested. Alpha Aviation no longer exists at all. Bellingham Fuel Service (360 671 1600) has replaced them with Texaco products, Jet A and 100LL. Bakerview Aircraft Maintenance no longer exists. Whatcom Territory Aero Services has replaced them for aircraft maintenance services. A new Bellingham based Airline Bellingham Air Service (360 671 2250) is offering charter services to the San Juan Islands and the Puget sound area. John Sibold is no longer Airport Director, but has moved on to the Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Aviation Division. He has been replaced by Art Choat. I live in Bellingham and love Point Roberts myself. Once again, your site has a really nice look and I will tell everyone I know about it.
Sincerely, Joseph Young - Pilot,

Fannfo on Akodessewas Togo
Hello Muguette. My boyfriend and I are doing research on Akodessewas and would like to see photos or see if there is a Video tape that we could purchase (possibly through a TV series on the market). If you have any advise, I would love to hear from you.
Thanks, Stacy

Good Morning Stacy. Here's a site and an e-mail address, where they can connect you directly with the sources of video tapes and books, etc. on Togo. http://www.republicoftogo.com, The official Website of the Republic of Togo mailto:info@republicoftogo.com
Please keep in touch and let us know how you make out in your project and with the above connection. Warmest Regards, Muguette Goufrani

Coffee Beans from Ethiopia: Dear sir: I want you to inform me all the needed information if i want to import Harar coffee beans. Dandachli Family

We appreciate your inquiry. Here is a contact for coffee beans in Ethiopia and I am sure they can help you.
Haicof Plc / Coffee, Box 4854, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: ( 251) 1-510124, 515117, 516888
Fax: (251) 1-518588, E-mail: haicof@telecom.net.et
Warmest Regards, editor

Travel Posters of Africa: I work at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. We are a small natural history museum located in Centerport, NY. We have many unique artifacts from Africa and wish to teach children from the local area and surrounding areas about this wonderful, mysterious continent. Our African Adventure will take place this summer. If you would be so kind and send a travel poster it would greatly enhance our program and help the children understand the unique diversity of life found in Africa. Thank you for your consideration, Sincerely, Kathleen Frost, Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport, NY 11721 mailto:tfrost@optonline.net

Dear Kathleen. Please visit our Africa Travel Association (ATA) web site, which has a page listing the main contacts in the USA for African National Tourist Offices, with links to embassies and airlines serving Africa from the USA and Canada. http://www.africa-ata.org/african_tourism.htm . We've