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Virgin Atlantic Airways
Cape Town, October 2012: Virgin Atlantic Airways will once again introduce its popular direct flight between Cape Town and London from 18 October 2012 to April 2013, in time for the busy holiday season. The flight will ensure holidaymakers and business travellers alike cut down on travel time and the expense of connecting flights. [Read more…]
South Africa Tourism
Pretoria – Tourist arrivals to South Africa grew by 10.5% for the first six months of 2012, more than double the global average of 5% for the same period. [Read more…]
Mbombela – Domestic tourism is key to creating sustainable jobs for locals, says Deputy Tourism Minister Thokozile Xasa.
Sustainable Development
“Domestic tourism has the power to assist the province and the municipality in developing local products and creating local jobs,” said Xasa at the launch of Tourism Month in Mpumalanga. [Read more…]
Kruger National Park
Skukuza – As from Monday, 10 September, day visitors will get free access to the Kruger National Park as part of the week-long South African National Parks (SANParks) Week celebrations. [Read more…]
South Africa Airways
Pretoria – South African Airways (SAA) is to introduce a new check-in baggage policy that will restrict the number of pieces of baggage a passenger may check in, the company said on Wednesday. [Read more…]
South Africa Tourism
Pretoria – Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk says South Africa saw exceptional growth in tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2012. [Read more…]
SAA direct to China
Pretoria – Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk says direct flights from South Africa to China, which started this week, will go a long way in boosting trade between the two countries.
SAA’s inaugural non-stop flight to China landed in Beijing on Tuesday, and promises to facilitate both business and leisure travel between the two countries as well as to all the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. [Read more…]
Kelly's Beach - Port Alfred
Kenton-on-Sea- Kelly’s Beach in Port Alfred has been awarded international Blue Flag status by the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa for the seventh year running. [Read more…]
Nestled on the coast of Zululand South Africa is the bustling subtropical port of Richards Bay.
Monkeys run wild and crocs lurk in the nearby waterways. This humid seaside destination is just 1 hours drive from the famous St Lucia estuary and the beautiful Hhuluwe-Umfolozi game reserve.
So if its the Big Five you are after or just a little bit of fun in the sun weather its surfing and fishing, this is where you need to be….. [Read more…]
South Africa Travel
Qwaqwa – South Africa is gradually becoming the most preferred tourist destination among international tourists.
Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk revealed that South Africa’s different cultures and products were the main attractions.
Delivering a public lecture (themed ‘Tourism Linking Cultures’) on Monday at the University of the Free State’s Qwaqwa campus ahead of World Tourism Day celebrations, the minister said 550 000 tourists arrived in the country before 1994. [Read more…]
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