Sa tourism
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It'll take a while for SA tourism to recover from lockdown - Kubayi-Ngubane
About 1.5 million people employed in the sector had to stay home for over four months when the country’s lockdown regulations halted the movement of people.
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ICA appeals to insurers to include larger tourism businesses in relief payments
These claims are still the subject of court matters after insurers were reluctant to honour the policies because in their view, the damage was caused by government’s lockdown and not the actual COVID-19 pandemic.
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Minister: Coronavirus starting to hurt SA’s tourism sector
The virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica, forcing several countries to institute travel restrictions and lockdowns to contain the spread.
