SMEs are the backbone of the tourism industry, according to Craig Drysdale, Director of Inspirations Travel & Tours.
He received the Empowerment Award at South African Tourism’s Inspirational Awards held at Africa’s Travel Indaba 2024 in Durban last month. And, though he acknowledged that it was a “profound honour” to receive the award, Dysdale said he believed the true champions, the winners of this award, were the small and medium-sized business entrepreneurs in the tourism industry who strived to make their mark every day in a very challenging and sometimes biased environment.
“Their relentless efforts, which I have personally witnessed, deserve the spotlight.” Drysdale has, for the past four years, been actively…
