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Hiking
Promote Sustainable Tourism through Trekking
How to Promote Sustainable Tourism through Trekking Sustainable tourism evaluates and considers its current and future economic, social, and environmental…
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Sustainable Tourism at WTM Africa
Cape Town. 18 February 2020 – WTM Africa 2020 is tackling sustainable tourism at macro and micro levels this year,…
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Sustainable Tourism
World’s Longest Walkathon to Promote Sustainable Tourism in Africa
CAPE TOWN, 01 January 2020 – Walk4Africa, a continent-wide public participation multi-stage coastal beach walking event, aims to become the…
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Accolades
SAASA Wins Skål Sustainable Tourism Award
South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA), owners of Monkeyland in The Crags, Plettenberg Bay and sister sanctuary MonkeylandKZN in Ballito…
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Accolades
Stormsriver Adventures Wins Sustainable Tourism Awards
MOMBASA, Kenya, 18 October 2018 – Stormsriver Adventures has been awarded two Sustainable Tourism accolades presented during the Opening Ceremony of the…
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Marketing
Cape Town: A Sustainable Tourism Destination
CAPE TOWN, 17 July 2018 – Despite the heavy rains and Western Cape dams filling up considerably, the risk of a…
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Sustainable Tourism
Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label Joins #IY2017 Initiative
The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) has partnered with TourismTattler.com in supporting Africa’s contribution to the aims and aspirations of…
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Sustainable Tourism
Tour Operators’ Charter for Sustainable Tourism
The important role that Tour Operators play in lowering the impact of mass tourism on local communities, economies and natural…
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Sustainable Tourism
Supporting Sustainable Tourism Projects in Rwanda
Rwanda should be congratulated for increasing the price of its gorilla permits. Considering what the funds are used for, it’s…
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Sustainable Tourism
Hotel Bookings: Sustainable Tourism Appetite
The number of travellers staying in an eco-friendly or ‘green’ accommodation at least once could double in this year with…
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Sustainable Tourism
Advancing Sustainable Tourism in Africa
As an international influence for travel in the content of Africa, TourismTattler.com has joined global media in promoting the aims…
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Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable Tourism Marketing: Interview with Lalibela
With 2017 being the UNWTO International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, I wanted to find out how a Big-5…
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Trade News
Fair Trade Tourism Joins Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label
The Seychelles’ Ministry of Tourism and Culture will be signing an agreement with the Fair Trade Tourism soon so that…
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Trade News
Sustainable Tourism Awareness Workshop
City: Pretoria Date: Thursday 26 June 2014 Time: 9h30—13h00 Venue: The Capital Hotel School and Training Academy, 919 Stanza Bopape…
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Trade News
International Thought Leader in Sustainable Tourism joins the STPP
Heidi van der Watt, one of Tourism South Africa’s most respected and knowledgeable responsible tourism specialists, has been appointed to…
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Events
Ecotourism & Sustainable Tourism Conference
The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC), taking place in Nairobi, Kenya from 24 to 27 September, aims to explore…
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Responsible Tourism
STPP takes Sustainable Tourism on the road
The Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STPP) convened a series of road shows to Potchefstroom, Beaufort West, Knysna, Graaff-Reinet and Colesberg…
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Trade News
Sustainable Tourism at The Green Expo
Following the success of the first Green Expo, held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC) in November 2011,…
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Sustainable Tourism Hits the Road
The Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STPP) road show addressing small businesses, and in particular, small accommodation establishments, kicked off in…
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Conservation
Seychelles launches Sustainable Tourism Label logo
The Seychelles launched its Sustainable Tourism Label programme and logo during a ceremony organised as part of the islands’ celebration…
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Voluntourism: Keeping it Sustainable
In the last few decades volunteer tourism has become a phenomenon; up to 10 million participating and generating up to…
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News
Entries Open For Wine & Food Tourism Awards
Cape Town, 17 June 2020 – Entries are now open for the Wine & Food Tourism Awards, a prestigious accolade…
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Accolades
Tourism Film Festival Launches Africa Award Winners Showreel
Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 May 2020 – The International Tourism Film Festival Africa (ITFFA) has released the winning entries for…
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Environment
Understanding Environmental Tourism – Part 1
Understanding Environmental Tourism This series on Environmental Tourism is published in three parts. Part 1 deals with the main impact…
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Environment
Understanding Environmental Tourism – Part 2
Part 1 in this series covers environmental impacts. Part 2 deals with the environmental impacts of tourism from a global perspective. Environmental Impacts…
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Environment
Understanding Environmental Tourism – Part 3
Part 1 in this series covered environmental impacts, while Part 2 dealt with the environmental impacts of tourism from a global perspective.…
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Niche Tourism
How To Tap Into The Ecotourism Niche Market
For tourism organisations wanting to tap into the growing ecotourism niche tourism market, the International Ecotourism Society provides the answers.…
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Sustainable Tourism
WWF-SA Backs New Sustainability Award In Wine And Food Tourism
Cape Town, 10 March 2020 – For tourism in South Africa to raise its contribution to GDP, expand economic opportunity…
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Sustainable Tourism
How to Tread Lightly in Ecotourism
As a travel writer, I’ve visited many sustainable tourism destinations and eco-friendly hotels across the world. They’re doing their bit…
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Trade News
ATB to Boost Beach Tourism in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, 15 September 2020 – Beach and marine resource tourism along Africa’s East Coast and the continents Indian…
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Accolades
WTM Africa Travel & Tourism Awards Entry Deadline
CAPE TOWN, 22 January 2020 – While the deadline for entries for the inaugural WTM Africa Travel & Tourism Awards…
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Business & Finance
13 Tips to Surviving as a Small Tourism Business
Main image: Paul Miedema and Nelson Sebezela of Calabash tours. Operating a small tourism business in South Africa can be…
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Travel
What is Ecotourism?
The term ecotourism dates back to the 80s when people became aware that planet Earth is in danger and that…
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Trade News
Cape Town Tourism Announces New Board Chairpersons
CAPE TOWN, 11 December 2019 – The City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organisation, Cape Town Tourism, has announced the election…
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Accolades
2019 Lilizela Tourism Awards National Winners
JOHANNESBURG, 10 November 2019 – The national winners of the 2019 Lilizela Tourism Awards received their trophies at a glittering…
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food
Food Waste in Tourism
Food waste in tourism is a bigger issue than previously thought There are major gaps in how food waste in…
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Niche Tourism
31 Niche Tourism Groups
If you thought that Niche Tourism covers just a handful of interest groups, think again. In the 5th edition of…
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Trade News
Registration Opens for Film Tourism Festival
CAPE TOWN, 10 October 2019 – The Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STTP), organisers of the inaugural International Tourism Film Festival-Africa…
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Conservation
Lion Trade Threatens South African Tourism Industry
Unpacking the impact the lion trade has on South Africa's tourism industry and what we as citizens can do to…
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Trade News
Harnessing Africa’s Youth in Tourism
Johannesburg, 7 August 2019 – Africa and the developing world, in general, is seized with finding sustainable solutions to the…
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Events
National Minister Of Tourism, A First For Wine And Food Conference
For the first time, a national government minister will attend the annual Wine & Food Tourism Conference, when South Africa’s…
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Trade News
Entries for Tourism Film Festival-Africa Open
JOHANNESBURG, Sandton, 03 July 2019 – The organisers of the inaugural International Tourism Film Festival-Africa (ITFFA) are calling on interested…
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Events
Dion Chang To Headline Wine & Food Tourism Conference 2019
This year’s Wine & Food Tourism Conference, taking place at Spier near Stellenbosch on 18 September 2019, will feature South…
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Events
ATA To Host World Tourism Conference in Joburg
New York, 18 June 2019 – The Africa Tourism Association (ATA) will be hosting the World Tourism Conference in Johannesburg, South…
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Adventure Tourism
Adventure Tourism: An Operators Guide To Risk Transfer
The business of providing adventure activities to tourists is a contentious issue when it comes to securing risk transfer via…
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Niche Tourism
Ecotourism: A Case Study
Ecotourism is about uniting conservation, communities, and sustainable travel. This means that tourists who participate in ecotourism activities want reassurance…
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Trade News
Durban To Host Africa Tourism Leadership Forum And Awards
DURBAN, 23 April 2019 – This year’s edition of the Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF) and Awards will be hosted…
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Hospitality
Nuovo At Hotel Verde Launches New Sustainable Menu
On Wednesday 3 April, Nuovo Restaurant showcased their new menu at a media event held at Hotel Verde Cape Town…
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Tourism SMMEs and Students to Benefit from Partnership
Cape Town Tourism and Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Tourism and Events Management (CPUT), have partnered to empower SMMEs and…
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Trade News
Fair Trade Tourism MD Resigns
The Fair Trade Tourism Board of Directors today announced that their Managing Director Jane Edge will be leaving Fair Trade…
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Trade News
AccorHotels and Mantis Invest in Future of Tourism in Africa
AccorHotels and Mantis have announced that Bulelwa Maxam and Tumelo Daniels are the recipients of the Accor/Mantis bursary to study…
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Events
Spain To Host Gastronomy Tourism World Forum
Madrid, Spain, 28 January 2019 – The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Basque Culinary Center (BCC) have signed an…
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Conservation
Major Boost for Responsible Tourism in Conservation
The signing of a historic Cooperative Agreement between Kruger National Park and private reserves, state reserves and communal areas on…
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Marketing
New Report on Health Tourism Launched
Madrid, Spain, 27 December 2018 – The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), together with the European Travel Commission (ETC) have launched…
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Trade News
The evolving role of the DMO in optimising tourism opportunities
From the dawn of democracy in South Africa, we’ve had the pleasure of welcoming swathes of visitors from across the…
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Trade News
Event tourism boosts high season arrivals in Cape Town
The ever-popular Cape Town Rugby Sevens kicks off the weekend of December 8 and 9 2018, coinciding with Cruise Ship…
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Events
Unlocking Tourism Growth Through Innovation
At the recent The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference, held at Spier near Stellenbosch, renowned US-based big data…
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Trade News
How Government Can Work with Tourism to Create Jobs
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 23 October 2018 – South Africa is a country in crisis, having been hit by several…
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Trade News
Managing Urban Overtourism
MADRID, Spain, 18 September 2018 – A new World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) report aims to help manage growing urban tourism…
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Events
UNWTO Call To Action: Driving Transformation in Tourism
Put yourself in the shoes of the 20th Century traveller; just a couple of years ago, the avid explorer would…
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Trade News
Focus on Female Executives in Tourism
JOHANNESBURG, 20 August 2018 – A leadership talk to discuss strategies to increase the number of women in strategic leadership positions…
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Trade News
Kenya Launches Tourism Blueprint 2030
NAIROBI, 26 July 2018 – The Kenya Ministry of Tourism has launched the Big 4 Tourism Plan – a set of strategies devised…
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Conservation
Fair Trade Tourism Publishes Captive Wildlife Guidelines
SOUTH AFRICA, 23 July 2018 – Fair Trade Tourism (FTT) has published its Captive Wildlife Guidelines, which aim to assist the…
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Opinion
Impact of Petrol Price Increases on Tourism
The petrol price in South Africa is now almost R20 per litre. This means that travel is more expensive than…
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Accolades
2018 African Responsible Tourism Awards Finalists
A luxury island in Seychelles, a cultural experience among the Maasai in Kenya and a township experience in Namibia are…
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Trade News
Thebe Tourism: Lessons Learned from Water Crisis
South Africa can at times be a very reactive country, meaning we seem to wake up very late on critical…
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Hospitality
James Vos on Water Crisis and Tourism
The prospect of nations running out of water has become more pronounced due to recurrent droughts and climate change. Water…
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Trade News
WTTC Releases 2017 City Travel & Tourism Impact Report
For the first time in over 25 years, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), has produced research that looks…
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Trade News
Saint Ange on Seychelles Tourism #29
In this festive season edition, the editorial covers Seychelles beaches again being recognised as being among the best in the world.…
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Trade News
Ol Pejeta Wins Ecotourism #EcoWarriorAwards
Nanyuki, Kenya – Ol Pejeta Conservancy has won not one, not two, but THREE awards at this year’s Ecotourism #EcoWarriorAwards! Held at the…
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Trade News
Mozambique Seeks Ecotourism Investors
Investors and operators interested in ecotourism projects will have an opportunity to discuss potential locations for investment in Mozambique’s conservation areas…
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Sustainable Tourism News
Green Destinations to Present Mass Tourism Solutions
New approaches to tourism are urgently required to stop the trend of mass tourism becoming increasingly intrusive and disruptive to…
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Trade News
Saint Ange on Seychelles Tourism Report #16
Talk is easy. Walking the talk is more difficult. The Seychelles business community does not talk for the sake of…
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Trade News
Seychelles and China Sign Tourism Agreement
Ambassador Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, the Seychelles’ Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine and Dr Li Jinzao, the Chairman of…
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Sustainable Tourism
Why Join the Fair Trade Tourism?
In an industry regarded as being critical to economic growth and development and one that offers such potential for the…
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Trade News
Saint Ange on Seychelles Tourism Report #14
My quote for this week is another one by the legendary Nelson Mandela as he worked to get more people…
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Sustainable Tourism News
Tourism Growth is Not the Enemy
In recent months, reports from around the world have spoken of ‘tourism-phobia’, showing pictures of citizens protesting against the ‘invasion…
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Trade News
Drakenstein Hosts 100 Women in Tourism
In celebration of Women’s Month, the Drakenstein Municipality hosted a hundred women on National Women’s Day, 9 August, to showcase…
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Trade News
SA Tourism Invites Trade For Nordic Roadshow
South African Tourism is inviting the South African travel trade to apply to join a roadshow through the Nordic region from…
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Tourism Authority of Thailand Launches 2018 Marketing Plan
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently held the annual 2018 TAT Action Plan meeting, which covers both international and…
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Trade News
Saint Ange Tourism Report #7
Reactions from my Fifth Tourism Report revealed a marked interest across the board concerning the exorbitant costs of building material…
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Trade News
Saint Ange Tourism Report #5
Among the varied suggestions arising my last Report is the proposal for a Tourism Conference, an idea that I have…
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Destinations
Quick Guide to Southern Africa Tourism
The Southern Africa Tourism infographic shown below represents the members of the Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA) – a…
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Sustainable Tourism
Tips on Greening your Tourism Business
The tourism industry is often subjected to fads and fashions, and businesses struggle to keep up with these rapidly changing…
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Sustainable Tourism
Fair Trade Tourism Joins #IYSTD2017 Initiative
Fair Trade Tourism has partnered with TourismTattler.com in supporting Africa’s contribution to the aims and aspirations of the UNWTO 2017…
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Sustainable Tourism
Africa Wins at 2017 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Africa has dominated the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2017 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards winners, with Botswana and Kenya…
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Trade News
Growth in Medical Tourism to South Africa
South Africa has been making medical advances, with statistics showing that in 2012, between 300,000 and 350,000 tourists from all…
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Trade News
Seychelles-Kenya Talks to Boost Aviation and Tourism
Thu, 06 April 2017 – Seychelles and Kenya have made great strides in further consolidating bilateral relations during President Danny Faure’s State Visit to Kenya. Some of…
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News
Drakenstein Shines at Tourism Awards
Members of the Drakenstein Local Tourism Association(Paarl & Wellington) walked away with several accolades during the recently held Cape Winelands…
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SA Tourism CEO Launches Indaba 2017
Johannesburg, 28 March 2017: INDABA 2017 will see more than 7 000 delegates from around the world meeting in Durban…
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Trade News
Opinion: Lisa Sheard – A Socio-economic Case for Tourism
Lisa Sheard, the Executive Director of Kruger Lowveld Tourism makes some highly relevant observations in her opinion piece on a socio-economic…
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Niche Tourism
Food Tourism: How to Get your Slice of the Pie
Food tourism is all the rage. Just look at the last decade’s vast surge in consumer interest in food and…
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Trade News
Key Solutions for Seasonality in Tourism
The second annual Cape 365 multi-stakeholder workshop has been held in order to review ongoing measures aimed at combatting seasonality…
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Trade News
Association Partnership to Boost Tourism to Africa
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the Africa Travel Association (ATA), a division of…
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Trade News
Tourism for All – A City’s Challenge
Universal Access is being celebrated during Tourism Month in September 2016. Cape Town Tourism is advocating for a ‘Tourism for…
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Marketing
Adventure Tourism Rankings
The 2015 ATDI Report shows that many countries are recognising and prioritising adventure tourism, by benchmarking resources and policy against…
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Trade News
Provincial Tourism Stakeholder Consultation
The National Department of Tourism is currently revising the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS), approved by Cabinet in 2011. The…
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Events
Review: 2016 ASEAN Tourism Forum
The 2016 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Tourism Forum (ATF) and the accompanying TRAVEX travel trade show, held in…
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