Mzanzi Travel - Local Travel Inspiration (Issue 5)

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enter the 2017 Lilizela Tourism Awards in a range of categories which will be judged
by a panel of industry professionals, as well as by a public vote. These categories
include service excellence, universal accessibility, the Minister’s Award for
innovation in tourism, and the Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
The provincial awards ceremonies take place in September 2017 culminating in
the star-studded national awards function to be held in Johannesburg, in October.
The Lilizela Tourism Awards, which is an initiative of the Department of Tourism, is
spearheaded by South African Tourism.
Source; SAnews.gov.za
Record festive season for Cape Town
destinations, South African Tourism has kicked-off its Gogos on Tour campaign
in the Western Cape. It is an initiative aimed at showcasing the ease of travel for
short leisure breaks around South Africa for all locals, including senior citizens.
Debbie Damant, country manager: Southern Africa at SA Tourism, says SA Tourism
wants all South Africans to enjoy the country’s cultural diversity, as well as its
amazing landscapes and biodiversity, which is what the millions of international
tourists come to South Africa for every year. Despite SA Tourism making progress,
there is still a significant untapped local market. Through this national campaign,
approximately 1,000 senior citizens from across South Africa will be exposed to
the country’s tourism offerings; further enforcing South African Tourism’s vision
to create an accessible tourism environment and to contribute to the economic
development of the country.
Tourism to be SA’s new boom
Source: Bizcommunity.com
The Mother City once again lived up to her festive season reputation, breaking
records with the number of visitors who flocked here. Figures for people
moving through Cape Town International Airport over the period also increased
significantly. During December 49,738 visitors were ferried to Robben Island –
an increase of 4% over the previous December. Kirstenbosch Gardens received
the most visitors ever for a single month in December with118,699 visitors, a
6% increase over the previous December. Some 79,000 people visited Groot
Constantia (up 25%), 129,039 went to Cape Point (up 15%), and 150,201 people
visited Table Mountain (up 0.3%). While the V&A Waterfront had a 1% decrease in
visitors for December, it attracted almost 1-million more visitors for the whole of
2016 compared to 2015.
Source: News24
SA Tourism promotes local travel with
Gogos on Tour
In light of the need to increase travel within South Africa, and creating and
entrenching a travel culture with South Africans experiencing new local
Following the economic downturn which began in 2008, the tourism industry
has continued to be an economic driving force for South Africa and is set to be its
next boom industry. Throughout the downturn tourism has continued to prove
its economic potential in a tough global environment. Last year alone over 9-million
visitors arrived in South Africa, an increase of just over one million compared
to 2015 figures. This represents a 13% growth in tourism arrivals. It is these numbers
that have probably propelled government to declare tourism as a key job
driver. Added to the growth in tourist numbers was the growth in tourism spend.
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