Comments on: Your Silence Is The Loud Trumpet Call That Heralds The End Of Tourism To South Africa http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/your-silence-is-the-loud-trumpet-call-that-heralds-the-end-of-tourism-to-south-africa/ Newsletter on-line commentary and discussion about tourism in South Africa Wed, 16 May 2012 11:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Irma Keller http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/your-silence-is-the-loud-trumpet-call-that-heralds-the-end-of-tourism-to-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Irma Keller Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:55:03 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/your-silence-is-the-loud-trumpet-call-that-heralds-the-end-of-tourism-to-south-africa/#comment-1059 Martin This is really worrying and for us it simply adds some more concern to the ones we have already expressed several times. And YESSSS - it will certainly not make it easier to sell SA as a tourism destination - Incentive business is already down to the poor value for money yet. Maybe SA will deteriorate to a Banana republic - which would be a shame, not only for those people who have fought and lost their lifes to get SA become a democracy. Martin
This is really worrying and for us it simply adds some more concern to the ones we have already expressed several times.

And YESSSS – it will certainly not make it easier to sell SA as a tourism destination – Incentive business is already down to the poor value for money yet.

Maybe SA will deteriorate to a Banana republic – which would be a shame, not only for those people who have fought and lost their lifes to get SA become a democracy.

]]> By: Lynda http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/your-silence-is-the-loud-trumpet-call-that-heralds-the-end-of-tourism-to-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Lynda Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:18:42 +0000 http://www.thistourismweek.co.za/newsletters/your-silence-is-the-loud-trumpet-call-that-heralds-the-end-of-tourism-to-south-africa/#comment-1057 Dear Martin, There is an online petition for the man on the street to complete, in protest: http://www.petitiononline.com/celbarp/petition.html Perhaps it would be a good idea to send this to your data base so that every stake holder in tourism can also add their voice of dissent. Yesterday there were over a 1/4 million signatures and this morning, nearly a million. I cannot imagine what society would be like if a municipal manager could classify information! Thanks for highlighting the effect that this has on tourism and the perceptions people overseas have of us as a Nation. We know this, of course, but it seems we are such optimists we think we can overcome everything with a good attitude. Dear Martin,
There is an online petition for the man on the street to complete, in protest: http://www.petitiononline.com/celbarp/petition.html
Perhaps it would be a good idea to send this to your data base so that every stake holder in tourism can also add their voice of dissent. Yesterday there were over a 1/4 million signatures and this morning, nearly a million.
I cannot imagine what society would be like if a municipal manager could classify information!
Thanks for highlighting the effect that this has on tourism and the perceptions people overseas have of us as a Nation. We know this, of course, but it seems we are such optimists we think we can overcome everything with a good attitude.

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