Department of Tourism

News

Tourism Relief Fund 4000 beneficiaries made public
The Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has today made public a list of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises who benefited through the much-needed Tourism Relief Funding.
Minister Kubayi-Ngubane to brief media on Level 3 tourism related activities
Tourism Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, will host a virtual media briefing on Tourism related activities under Risk Adjusted level 3, update on Tourism Relief Fund and Relief fund for Tourist Guides
Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane – Tourism related activities under COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Level 3 and response measures
Since the country entered level 3 of the Risk-Adjusted Strategy, the tourism sector also began its march towards full operation. The reality of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fluctuating risk of the virus spread has dictated that we pace ourselves in our efforts to reopen the sector

Events

September1
Tourism Month
Location: Gauteng
Branch: Tourism Sector Support Services
Type: Projects/Campaigns
Time: 8:30 AM
November2
Lilizela Tourism Awards 2020 Cancelled
Location: TBC
Branch: Tourism Sector Support Services
Type: Media Events
Time: 11:00 AM

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SA Will Travel Again

Latest Publications

Bojanala - June 2020
Published Date : 10 June 2020 - 2.51 MB
Bojanala - March 2020
Published Date : 16 April 2020 - 1.69 MB
Tourism Policy Bulletin March 2020
Published Date : 15 April 2020 - 1.46 MB
Bojanala - December 2019
Published Date : 04 February 2020 - 2.19 MB

Highlights

All stakeholders and the general public are encouraged to make input into the draft Tourism Sector Recovery Plan which can be submitted to recovery@tourism.gov.za until 15 August 2020

Tourism Relief Fund Beneficiaries

COVID-19 EXPENDITURE AND PROCUREMENT OF PPEs

In the interest of transparency, the Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has today made public the expenditure incurred by our department and its entity, South African Tourism in the procurement of Protective Personal Equipment since the advent of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more...

Disaster Management Act (57/2002): Amendment of Directions on Risk Adjusted Strategy for Tourism Facilities, Services and Products issued in terms of Regulation 4 (10) of the Regulations made under Section 27 (2) of the Act, Guidelines to Prevent and Combat the Spread of Covid-19

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Tourism Industry Survey in South Africa:
Covid-19 July 2020 - Survey 2

Disaster Management Act (57/2002): Amendment of Regulations issued in Terms of Section 27 (2)

Disaster Management Act (57/2002): Directions on Risk Adjusted Strategy for Tourism Facilities, Services and Products issued in terms of Regulation 4 (10) of the Regulations made under Section 27 (2) of the Act, Guidelines to Prevent and Combat the Spread of COVID-19

Disaster Management Act - Regulations - Alert level 3
during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown

Tourism Industry Survey
of South Africa: COVID-19

Africa’s Travel Indaba and Lilizela Awards Cancelled

Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, has confirmed that the 2020 Africa’s Travel Indaba and the Annual Lilizela Awards have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Internships and Bursaries

The Department of Tourism would like to thank all who applied for our 2020 bursary and 2020-2021 internship programmes. Applications for both are now closed and all successful candidates were informed. An announcement for the 2021 academic year bursaries will be made at the end of 2020, while new internships will be advertised in the second part of 2021.

The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, issued Directions, in line with the National State of Disaster Regulations, extending the validity period of legally issued visas which expired during the lockdown period to 31 October 2020. Read more...