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WhaleTales, Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 10 July
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * International tourist arrivals increased by 4% between January and April this year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) World...
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WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 17 July
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * The 6% decline in international Tourist arrivals in the first quarter of this year is the biggest since our country became a democracy 21 years ago, writes the...
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Deputy President Ramaphosa to referee Visa Regulations battle meeting between...
Almost daily we see a new report about the damage that the new Immigration Regulations are causing to our country’s Tourism industry, with drastic reductions in the number of tourist arrivals despite...
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Visa Regulation amendments a victory for SA Tourism industry!
More than a year since the introduction of the first onerous Visa Regulations in June last year, an Inter-Ministerial Committee chaired by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced changes to the...
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’25 reasons to visit South Africa right now’, urges Telegraph Travel!
SA Tourism must be delighted that Telegraph Travel is doing its marketing at no charge! What better publicity than to get an article with ’25 reasons to visit South Africa right now’ written for free!...
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‘Phenomenal season’ for Tourism, says Western Cape Tourism Minister Winde!
Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde, whose portfolio includes Tourism, has described the Tourism season lying ahead as ‘phenomenal‘. He has welcomed tourists visiting our...
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International tourism down, domestic tourism on the up!
Despite the weaker Rand, international tourist arrivals have not increased dramatically as one would have expected. Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom has encouraged locals, who are less likely to support...
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Visa Regulations: where is the progress?
Despite a promise in October that the major impediments to tourism created by the notorious Visa Regulations would be addressed within three months, little progress appears to have been made. Today an...
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Beluga Noble Russian vodka the best, says Russian Consul-General, launched at...
On Thursday evening I attended the launch of hand-crafted Beluga Noble Russian vodka at the noble Nobu at the One & Only Cape Town. The Russian Consul-General in Cape Town described Beluga as ‘the...
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L’Éclair de Génie sells genius creative eclairs in Paris!
I requested a list of suggestions for pâtisseries to visit whilst in Paris from Chef Glen Williams of Foxcroft, who had visited Paris for a week last year. His top recommendation out of a list of about...
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