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  • 30.06.2009

    LODGES WELCOME FIVE-STAR TRAIN TO HOEDSPRUIT

    SA’s top game lodges have welcomed the launch next month of a Premier Classe train service between Johannesburg and Hoedspruit, providing an added attraction to Limpopo’s big-five reserves.

  • 14.05.2009

    INAUGURAL TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT LAUNCHED

    The Inaugural Tourism Satellite Account was launched at the INDABA Tourism Fair in Durban. The launch of the Tourism Satellite Account has been long awaited as until now tourism has not been separately counted in the country's GDP figures which are released quarterly.

  • 29.04.2009

    TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GROWING

    South African tourism is performing impressively well in terms of arrivals and growth spend, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk said, while speaking at a media briefing at the headquarters of South African Tourism in Sandton.