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Inn on Rupurara Closed due to decline in Tourist Arrivals in Nyanga Region

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One of the most beautiful boutique hotels of the Nyanga region Inn on the Rupurara has closed its doors and fallen into liquidation effective Thursday 27 April 2017 according to a statement issued by Gordon Addams who is the Best of Zimbabwe Chairman. Gordon Addams In the statement sent out to "friends" in the travel trade yesterday, Mr Addams cites  'the substantial decline in tourism in the Eastern Highlands over the past 15 or so years," as the key reason for this move.  You can read the full statement below. "Dear Friends in the travel trade After 20 years of service to the travelling public of Zimbabwe and the world, Inn On Rupurara at Nyanga has closed its doors and ceased operating with effect from Thursday, April 27. This was the direct result of a number of years of unprofitable operation, brought about by the substantial decline in tourism in the Eastern Highlands over the past 15 or so years. It has become impossible to continue t...

Lelethu - Executive Accommodation in Harare

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Wow!! How time flies. It has already been 2 years before I posted on this blog and yet we have grown so much with the #VisitZimbabwe tourism and hospitality marketing campaign and brand. We now even have a logo well that is almost reaching its first birthday since its release, and we have hit thousands of kilometres across Zimbabwe to various beautiful destinations within our world of wonders - Zimbabwe. Anyway, enough of the blubber (you obviously have more stories to peruse before jumping off this blog. A friend of mine recently mentioned Lelethu Guest House to me in a random conversation. Being the Publisher of the Zimbabwe Hotels and Restaurants Directory, it beat me that if this Lelethu Guest House was worth any mention how I had never come across it. So I decided to pay them a visit, while at the same time making it my  Workers' Day treat because trust me, this year has been super busy for my travel buddy at #VisitZimbabwe (Patrick) and I as we prepare to launch our...