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FILE: Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: @The_DHS/Twitter.

Sa tourism

Sisulu: Steps being taken to deal with dept's unqualified audit by AG

By Gaye Davis

The department received an unqualified audit but with matters of emphasis for the 2021/2022 financial year, while SA Tourism was given a qualified audit with...

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    224 days ago
  • A view of Table Mountain from the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Picture: dvsakharov/123rf.com

    Tourism sector leans on domestic market as international travellers cancel trips

    There are fears that travel bans placed on South Africa by some in the international community following the detection of the Omicron COVID-19 variant could have a devastating impact on the sector.

    252 days ago
  • Virgin Atlantic passenger aircraft are pictured on the apron at Heathrow Airport, west of London on 2 April 2020. Picture: AFP

    Virgin Atlantic Airline welcomes SA's removal from UK red list

    Virgin Atlantic Airways' head of Middle East, Africa and Southern Asia, Liezl Gericke, said that this could not have come at a better time.

    301 days ago
  • City of Cape Town Mayco member James Vos (right) launched a tourism initiative at Kirstenbosch Gardens on 8 September 2021. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    Tourism sector expecting to do well in Oct as level 1 kicks in

    South Africa has been severely restricted by the UK keeping the country on its red list in efforts to improve an industry already crippled by COVID-19.

    311 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa at a media briefing on 3 June 2021. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa says to speak to UK PM over COVID travel curbs

    The UK has placed South Africa on its coronavirus 'red list', forcing travellers into a pricey hotel quarantine on arrival.

    313 days ago
  • Coronavirus health warnings are seen in the arrivals hall at London Heathrow Airport in west London, on 15 January 2021. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP

    ANALYSIS: A granular look at UK COVID-19 ‘red list’ shows why it’s deeply flawed

    When the UK’s red list is considered at a more granular level, the difficulties become immediately apparent.

    314 days ago
  • Private charter passenger associations and other tourism/hospitality sectors participated in a slow drive protest from Athlone Stadium to the Cape Town CBD on 31 July 2020. Picture: Supplied

    SA Tourism welcomes eased lockdown restrictions

    Under this level, the curfew has been pushed back and is now from 11 pm until 4 am and you can also buy alcohol for off-site consumption on Fridays now.

    329 days ago
  • FILE: A rhino in the Kruger National Park. Picture: 123rf.com

    South Africa tourism on edge with double impact of virus, riots

    Tourism is a mainstay of South Africa's economy, which was stumbling even before COVID-19 and the riots.

    385 days ago
  • FILE: Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. Picture: @Tourism_gov_za/Twitter.

    Fedhasa gives Tourism minister's budget vote thumbs up

    Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on Tuesday outlined how the department would spend its budget, emphasising that much of it must be focused on getting the industry back on track.

    446 days ago
  • Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will be hosting a ministerial cook-off with Somizi Mhlongo. Picture: @mmKubayiNgubane/Twitter.

    Minister Kubayi-Ngubane's cook-off with Somizi draws criticism

    Among those against the idea is Chef Lesego Semenya who questioned why Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane didn’t create an event to showcase the talent of SA’s chef graduates who have been affected by the pandemic.

    448 days ago
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    OPINION: Vaccine on arrival: A new form of health tourism SA will miss out on

    South Africa is already a leader in health tourism, based on a world-class private healthcare system, and could have been a destination for vaccine tourism if we had a more responsive state, writes Dr Unathi Sonwabile Henama.

    473 days ago
  • A desperate effort to avoid so-called imported COVID-19 cases, the closure of the nation's borders; at the height of what was shaping up to be a decent year for the industry; everything just stopped. Picture: 123rf

    COVID-19 battered tourism industry pins hopes on holistic approach to recovery

    The sweeping pandemic, and associated lockdowns, have hit the nation's tourism industry particularly hard, and it's unlikely that a return to normal is in the offing anytime soon.

    514 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    SA Tourism working to get sector back on track

    Last Week, Britain banned all travel to South Africa after discovering two cases of a mutant COVID-19 variant, which is driving the second wave in the country.

    586 days ago
  • FILE: A group of tourists get off their tour bus at the bottom of the cable station to Table Mountain in Cape Town. Picture: AFP

    Local tourism to take 3 years to recover to 2019 level, says SA Tourism CEO

    SA Tourism CEO Sisa Ntshona on Monday said it was likely to take a long time for the industry to return to pre-COVID-19 levels.

    602 days ago
  • FILE: The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. Picture: 123rf.

    SA Tourism: We will take COVID-19 hammering as it comes this festive season

    There are concerns that this year's holiday period will have a knock-on effect on tourism with uncertainty around whether it’s safe or even advisable to make travel arrangements.

    614 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on 23 July 2020. Picture: GCIS

    Tourism SA hoping Ramaphosa announces reopening of borders in address

    The tourism sector has been among the hardest hit since the introduction of the lockdown but there are fears that travellers from outside the country could spur on a second wave of infections.

    691 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    SA Tourism pins hopes on govt reopening borders soon to help struggling sector

    SA Tourism CEO Sisa Ntshona said the country was now in the ‘amber’ zone, a good space to be in to announce a date.

    692 days ago
  • The Cape Wheel at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. Picture: 123rf.com

    With borders closed, SA pins hopes on cash-strapped local tourists

    SA Tourism says nearly 440,000 tourism jobs are at risk this year. The sector is expected to lose 75% of projected revenues and R80 billion in foreign receipts.

    707 days ago
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