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After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Tourism sector braces for Covid-19 fifth wave

Industry says PCR tests and other restrictions are impeding the recovery of the industry.

  • Anathi Madubela
3 min read
After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)
COVID 19

​​Shrewd management of future Covid waves is key to the tourism industry’s recovery

Stakeholders are cautiously optimistic about 2022, citing relaxed restrictions and discussions with the government as reasons for hope.

  • Sarah Smit
  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
Urban tourist magnets have nowhere to retreat to as sea levels rise with climate change. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images)
BUSINESS TRAVEL

Long road ahead for tourism-sector recovery

The pandemic has caused 50 000 businesses in the sector to temporarily close, putting 600 000 jobs at risk

  • Thando Maeko
5 min read
Own goal for Thomas Cook (Photo Archive)
CAA

Own goal for Thomas Cook

Everything from Brexit and not adapting to the internet to an unwieldy business model is seen as the cause of its failure

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
4 min read
Having only two consulates capable of capturing the biometric data now required for a visa has led to a 37% decrease in tourists from China, say groups. (Oupa Nkosi, Mail & Guardian)
CHILD TRAFFICKING

Govt backs down on visa regulation changes

Govt’s decision to grant concessions to its new visa regime, after it was blamed for a slump in tourism, has been cautiously welcomed by trade groups.

  • Lynley Donnelley
4 min read
ANGELA SHACKLEFORD

Township attacks chill SA tourism industry

A whiff of panic surrounds South Africa’s tourism industry after deadly xenophobic attacks that have prompted travel warnings from Western nations and led some Africans to cancel…

  • Wendell Roelf
2 min read