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  • Minister Hanekom engages with Port St Johns community on the Six Day Hiking Trail development
    “The hiking trail from Port St Johns to Coffee Bay can create much opportunity. Our challenge is to make this a blow-away hiking trail. We want people from the across the world to hike this trail as it is unique, linking physically beauty with a cultural experience,” said Minister Hanekom. 
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  • North West to house the NTCE for the next three years

    ​The event provides an opportunity for tourism curricula experts to share information with tourism educators, and for stakeholders within the sector to share information on a variety of careers the sector has to offer. It is designed to bridge the information gap between the industry, government, learners and educators.

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  • Eastern Cape ready to host World Tourism Day celebrations
    Drawing inspiration from the 2018 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) World Tourism Day theme: “Tourism and the Digital Transformation,” the event will highlight the value of domestic tourism and the role of digital transformation in growing an inclusive and sustainable tourism economy.  
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​​Notice 543 of 2018

Regulations in respect of the National Tourism Information and Monitoring System. Read more...

#TourismMonth2018
#PostCabinet Tourism Month in September was launched under the theme: “Tourism and the digital transformation”, which mirrors the theme of the UN World Tourism Organisation World Tourism Day taking place on 27 September 2018.

​#PostCabinet: VISA related reforms

Cabinet also received a joint report from the Ministers of Home Affairs and Tourism respectively, on a number of visa-related reforms which will make it easier for tourists, business people and academia to come to South Africa.

The reforms include amendments to the regulations applying to foreign minors travelling to South Africa, which will be gazetted in October. Negotiations on visa waivers and relaxation of visa requirements for certain countries are also being finalised. Further details will be announced this week.

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Call for Applications - FITUR 2019

​​Notice 438 of 2018

Regulations on The Manner and Procedure for Lodging and Dealing with Tourism Complaints. Read more...
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Tourism Incentive Programme
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For Destination South Africa to flourish it is incumbent on all of us to take interest in the betterment of such offerings and by creating support instruments such as mentorship and coaching, incubation and entrepreneur skills training, and facilitating market access and exposure, and through funding and incentives. 
 
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