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Vision

A catalyst for tourism growth and development in South Africa.

Mission

As a strategy focused department, we are committed to creating a conducive environment for growing and developing tourism through:

Speech delivered by the Minister of Tourism, Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, on the occasion of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) General Assembly, Somerset West
International aviation and tourism are inextricably linked. What you call passengers, we call tourists, and that includes both business and leisure travellers. Aviation is the midwife for more than 50% of international tourist arrivals and 70% of all tourism receipts worldwide. But the inverse is of course also true: Tourism is also a ‘midwife’ for air transport growth.
Launch of the Blue Flag season 2013/2014
Last month World Tourism Day 2013 was celebrated across the provinces with the theme: Tourism and Water. In keeping with this theme, Minister of Tourism, Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, launched the new Blue Flag season in Ramsgate today.
Tourism well on its way to achieving its NTSS goals
“The South African tourism sector is well on its way in achieving its goal of becoming one of the top 20 destinations in the world by 2020 as set out in the National Tourism Sector Strategy and the Domestic Tourism Growth Strategy (NTSS),” said the Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, at the World Tourism Day celebrations held at Matlosana, Klerksdorp in the North West province.