Tag: tourists
Tourist arrivals to SA on the rise after COVID-19 pandemic
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille announced that tourist arrivals to South Africa are on the rise, while airline traffic is on a rebound after the industry was battered by the COVID-19...
South African ports gears for a bumper cruise season
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is ready to welcome thousands of international tourists to South Africa’s shores through our commercial and seaports as the 2022/23 Cruise Season kicks-off.
This season is expected to...
How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector
Large groups of Chinese visitors have become a pillar of the global tourism industry. Coronavirus has not only put paid to this enormous source of income for major cities and sights...
SA may only welcome international tourists in 2021
The Tourism Department has revealed that South Africa’s international tourism industry is likely to only begin operations again in 2021.
Speaking at a briefing on May 27, Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane explained...
Visitors spend R5.5bn on accommodation in South Africa
Data from Statistics South Africa yesterday showed that tourists spend R5.5 billion in accommodation in the second quarter of this year, up 5.6 percent compared to the comparative period last year.
The lion’s share...
Fewer tourists visiting SA, #DayZero had negative impact
A new report shows that fewer international tourists are visiting South Africa - compared to other popular destinations on the continent.
The findings, by auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), looked at the hotel...
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