CITY OF CAPE TOWN MEDIA RELEASE 20 OCTOBER 2011 The latest 70% hike in airport tariffs by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is bound to clip any potential growth for Cape Town’s already hard-hit tourism industry. ACSA is being extremely reckless and inconsiderate in introducing new airport taxes of R96,49 for domestic passengers, R199,12 for [...]

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By Guest writer Theresa Emerick of NightsBridge Many business consultants advise putting yourself in your customer’s shoes if you want to test your product or customer service levels. The tourism industry is the one place where this is quite easy to do, since (following Martin’s advice!) we all go away on holiday now and then. [...]

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If you’re a tour guide or tour operator looking for an unusual and exciting new product on the Garden Route, this one’s for you. Radical Raptors is a birds of prey rehabilitation and awareness centre that rescues, rehabilitates and releases birds of prey. But not all birds are suitable for release – and many of [...]

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The Wall Street Journal’s blog ‘Japan Real Time’  recently reported that “the Japan Tourism Agency has proposed offering free airfare to 10,000 foreigners to visit the country next year.” Interestingly, this isn’t the first intervention that Japan has tried since it was hit by that tsunami in March and then by the disaster at the [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE AA Travel Guides, publishers of information about tourist accommodation and travel options in South Africa for the past 18 years, has warned against over-regulation of the tourism industry. This follows the release of the draft Tourism Bill, which called for industry comments and input by yesterday. AA Travel Guides, which also runs the [...]

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