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Minister Carlisle: Regularity and Intensity of Floods Increasing
Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, has released a series of photographs of…
South Africa’s Garden Route loses its ‘Choo Tjoe’
KNYSNA, South Africa — It’s a postcard-perfect image of South Africa: the antique steam train chugging along the Garden Route,…
NightsBridge: More travel agents and corporates now booking at B&Bs and guest houses
NightsBridge – the real time booking system for Southern Africa’s smaller accommodation providers – reports that it has been inundated…
Ethical Tourism – Does South Africa have lessons for the world?
Following on from last week’s launch of South Africa’s Minimum Standards For Responsible Tourism (which I reported on here), it…
South Africa’s new Minimum Standard for Responsible Tourism
South Africa has officially launched its new, globally aligned Minimum Standard for Responsible Tourism, entrenching the importance of sustainability in…
Minster launches National Standards for Responsible Tourism
To Featherbed Nature Reserve, here in Knysna, where Minister for Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, launched the National Minimum Standard for…
Solomon’s Guide takes on the challenges of the tourism industry
Here’s an interview about advertising in difficult times with the publisher of South Africa’s longest running travel guide: Solomon’s Guide…
Free access to national parks
South Africans, young and old, are encouraged to take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the…
Fun things to do on the Garden Route, South Africa
”So where is the Garden Route?” you might ask. Its a 200km section of the South African coastline stretching from…
Tourism Month – the good news
It’s Tourism Month, and amid the gloom and doom, it’s heartening that there is some good news. In ‘Travel Industry…
Why SA Inc is losing out on world’s hottest tourism trend
Racism, crime, high prices keep Chinese visitors away. BEIJING – Eager to tap into the minds and wallets of the…
Property slump hits Garden Route golf estates
The property market slump has also taken the shine off the host of multimillion-rand golf estate developments on the Garden…
Just how bad is the Consumer Protection Act?
There’s been huge reaction to the introduction of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) in the tourism industry and we have…
New venue for Cape Outdoor Expo
The Cape Outdoor Eco Adventure and Travel Expo, in association with the Cape Argus and the V & A Waterfront,…
WESSA honours Environmental Champions in the Western Cape
Thirteen outstanding individuals and groups were formally acknowledged by WESSA for their contribution to the South African environmental conservation and…
Fatal shark attack stuns Plett residents
A popular beach in Plettenberg Baywas closed on Tuesday after a fatal shark attack. Tim van Heerden was surfing when…
Haai-aanval ruk Plet
Die slagoffer van gister se noodlottige haai-aanval aan die Suid-Kaapse kus het Sondag grappenderwys aan vriende gese as hy eendag…
Free R400 Google AdWords Voucher
Are you advertising your business online? People are searching for it on Google… but are you there? South Africans rack…
Shark kills Plett surfer
A surfer died after being attacked by a shark at Lookout Beach in Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday morning, according to…
The Draft Tourism Bill is open for comment
The Minister of Tourism has published his Draft Tourism Bill, 2011, and is calling for comment. Although the Bill contains…
nightsbridge clients: Now your guests can book their accommodation via Facebook
nightsbridge – the South African booking engine that’s designed specifically for local guest houses and B&Bs – recently launched a…
Rescued from the jaws of a crocodile
An urgent rescue mission was performed at the Cango Wildlife Ranch on Sunday, 14 August. Each year we are blessed…