Posts tagged with 'Tourism'

 

Thomas Cook Travel company have collapsed, How South Africa is affected this firm’s liquidation

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Thomas Cook Travel company have collapsed, How South Africa is affected this firm’s liquidation

It just goes to show that nobody is too big to fail these days. Thomas Cook, one of the largest travel operators in the world, have ceased trading on Monday after a last-ditch bid to save the company fell agonisingly short. The company were declared bankrupt at 2:15 earlier this morning. This is the sombre..
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Tourists Cancelling SA Trips Due To Violent Attacks – at least 14 people were attacked at Table Mountain since January

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Tourists Cancelling SA Trips Due To Violent Attacks - at least 14 people were attacked at Table Mountain since January

A tour guide said a number of foreigners have cancelled trips to South Africa after hearing of attacks on tourists. The Table Mountain Watch group said at least 14 people were attacked in the park since January, significantly down from the 42 attacks during the same period last year. Over the weekend, Ukrainian Ivan Ivanov..
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SA government has revised its visa policies for a new list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter the country visa-free

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SA government has revised its visa policies for a new list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter the country visa-free

During the budget vote on Wednesday 10 July, Minister of Home Affairs (DHA) Aaron Motsoaledi, announced the new list of visa-free countries. Motsoaledi said that the new visa programme is no longer subjected to a reciprocal policy usually required by the Department of International Relations (DIRCO). The new policy will be implemented by November 2019..
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Travelers News:- Non-stop flight between Cape Town and USA a “game changer”

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The route will link Cape Town and the Western Cape to the North American market. It will boost tourism and attract even more foreign direct investments. The United Airlines announced that they intend to launch a new non-stop route between the US and Cape Town, from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, New York…
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Suid-Afrika as ’n toeriste bestemming is besig om af te neem – Dit kom voor of besoekers skugter is om die land te besoek a.g.v. sy politieke klimaat en toenemende geweld misdade

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Suid-Afrika as ’n toeriste bestemming is besig om af te neem – Dit kom voor of besoekers skugter is om die land te besoek a.g.v. sy politieke klimaat en toenemende geweld misdade

Buitelandse toeriste aan Suid-Afrika neem af, maar in lande soos China groei Suid-Afrika se gewildheid as vakansiebestemming merkwaardig. Buitelandse toeriste na Suid-Afrika het in die eerste maand van 2019 teenoor ’n jaar gelede met bykans 5% gedaal. Die profiel van die toeriste wat die land besoek, is voortdurend besig om te verander en Chinese besoekers..
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German tourists who visited SA gruesomely attacked in guest-house by robbers, elderly man assaulted with bat and stabbed with knife

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German tourists who visit SA was gruesomely attacked in guest-house by robbers, elderly man assaulted with bat and stabbed with knife

A German tourist received treatment in a hospital in Port Elizabeth after assailants assaulted him with a bat and then stabbed him with a knife. The 69-year-old man’s right arm is badly injured because of the assault with the bat. It is believed that the incident happened at the Bydand Guest House in the Addo..
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Rigmarole of travelling: Going to Dubai, Europe, London as you got to South Africa has to come to an end – controversial SAA India route reopens after it was dropped in favour of the Gupta-linked Indian airline Jet Airways

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Pesident Cyril Ramaphosa says he wants to know why the South African Airways (SAA) direct route to India was stopped, saying government will make sure it’s re-established. Ramaphosa was speaking during a business Forum in India today as he concluded his state visit to the country. Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor previously told the state..
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Nagmerrie-vakansie vir gesin van Botswana na terroriste hul as verkeersbeamptes voordoen en slagoffers kaap, ontvoer en beroof

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Nagmerrie-vakansie vir gesin van Botswana na terroriste hul as verkeersbeamptes voordoen en slagoffers kaap, ontvoer en beroof

Die polisie in Noordwes waarsku motoriste teen ’n bende wat hulle as verkeersbeamptes voordoen en mense aanval. ’n Gesin van Botswana is Donderdag naby Mahikeng aangeval, ontvoer en beroof. Mense in die omgewing van Mahikeng is al twee maande gelede teen dié aanvalle gewaarsku, sê kol. Adele Myburgh, polisiewoordvoerder in Noordwes. Dieselfde waarskuwing geld motoriste..
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New visa rules that came in effect for South Africa from 1 December – here’s what you need to know

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New visa rules that came in effect for South Africa from 1 December – here’s what you need to know

The Department of Home Affairs has published an amendment to the Immigration Act which is set to have major implications for immigrants, tourism and the economy. The changes – which will come into effect from 1 December – were first mooted as part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic stimulus package revealed in September. Arguably the..
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The new Chinese-built bridge connecting KZN and Mozambique was unveiled last week – sources say local tourism will absolutely flourish, we say so would illegal immigrants crossing the border to South-Africa

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The new Chinese-built bridge connecting KZN and Mozambique was unveiled last week - sources say local tourism will absolutely flourish, we say so would illegal immigrants crossing the border to South-Africa

Tourism experts and government officials are confident a new bridge that improves road transport between KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique will be largely beneficial to local tourism. The Chinese-built bridge, which is Africa’s longest suspension bridge, was officially opened on Saturday. The bridge helps connect Maputo in Mozambique and Kosi Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast directly..
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