-Government and PathCare have availed exclusive laboratories for the testing of tourists for COVID-19.

-Tourists will no longer be required to confine themselves at lodging facilities for seven-days on their arrival in Namibia, before their excursions into the country.

-Namibia will open its borders for international tourists from 1 September.

-Namibia recorded 1 595 000 tourist arrivals in 2019, which is a 2,5% increase from the 2018 arrivals. In 2018 the country received 1 557 000 tourist arrivals.

-Crime against tourists is becoming a major concern on isolated gravel roads in the Erongo Region.

Four Chinese tourists were robbed of their belongings on the Uis-Usakos gravel road on Saturday.

-Environment and Tourism Minister, Pohamba Shifeta says there is a need to improve public access for tourists as well as staff members of the ministry to biodiversity hotspots within the Tsau //Khaeb, or previously known as the Sperrgebiet National Park.

The Education Arts and Culture Minister has expressed concern over the insensitivity shown by some tourists to the country's prohibited environments, and their venturing into activities that go against guiding rules for visitors.

The Namibian Police's Head of the Tourism Protection sub-division, in the Khomas Region, is calling on members of the public to take a stand against crime on tourists.

-The Police's Head of the Tourism Protection Sub-division in Khomas is calling on members of the public to take a stand against crime on tourists.