This Tourism Week. 26 May 2011
Maybe it’s time to re-think the Indaba. Completely.
Last week’s article (Indaba 2011 - Was It Good For You?)  garnered an incredible number of on-line and e-mail responses - like this one from Dave Jack of BnB Sure:
“On reading this week’s TTW I had to agree with you about Indaba being […]

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This Tourism Week: 19 May 2011
Is there anything to be read into the fact that the SADC pavilion appeared to be consistently the most busy at this year’s Indaba?
Yes, to answer my own question, I think there is.
My Indaba experience always begins on the Friday before the show - I often find the day-before conferences […]

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Ron Mader, founder and editor of planeta.com, believes that South Africa is leading the way when it comes to responsible tourism. Find out why in this short interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2MAULXjEc

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I once stayed in the worst guest house in the country.
Now I know it takes some doing, but s’true-as-bob this was the worst. No table, no chair, no side table in the bedroom; cracks in the walls, damp in the ceiling; no hot water in the shower; and the shampoo and soap bottles were […]

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Masters students Edith Mertz and Bridget James have been studying the number, distribution, and habits of the whales and dolphins of Mossel Bay - and their results position the town as an important whale and dolphin watching destination.
The pair have been working with a locally-based independent scientific foundation, Oceans Research (www.oceans-research.com) since January of last […]

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