Why does Knysna call its festival the Knysna Oyster Festival?
The Knysna Oyster Festival was started as the Winter Festival in 1983 when the then owner of Richard’s Men’s Outfitters, the late Dick Ginsberg, got together with the manager of the Knysna Publicity Association, Rose Smith, to organise an event…
A better model for measuring welfare in wild animal sanctuaries
Animal care in tourism in South Africa is in a mess, and the industry’s trying to do what it can to counteract the effects of the mavericks and the pseudo-experts, and even the animal rights agendas that often compromise the…
A miraculous day at the Witsand Botel
A true (?) story from author Martin Hatchuel. Something to help you sleep tonight! I saw the Flying Dutchman at Kanon on the last night of our hike. The mist had been hanging in the air all day, wintery thin,…
Tourist guides: Too many? Too few? Not good enough?
Look, it’s simple: the law requires anyone who works as a guide to be properly trained and registered and blah, blah, blah… But do we have enough guides? And are they good enough?
Are newly-elected councillors qualified to serve on tourism boards?
With 2016’s municipal elections behind us, newly appointed councillors have begun taking their places on the boards of tourism bureaus around the country. But do they know what they’re doing there?
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