- President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on the easing of lockdown regulations has been welcomed by the tourism industry.
- SA’s tourism industry says it should now fix the country’s image as a brand due to a current link with a coronavirus variant.
- Industry leaders say the whole world has been set back decades in terms of travelling.
The first thing that needs to happen in the South African tourism industry, is for it to address the current narrative overseas about there being “a South African variant” of the coronavirus, according to Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO of the Tourism Business Council of SA (TBCSA), which represents the private sector.
He commented on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Monday evening that…