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The strong-willed, pressure-sucker and cool as a cucumber Ntebo is the brains behind a billion rand project that seeks to conscientious tourists, on the feeling of using the mode of rail as transport. Internationally, rail tourism is on a peak and Ntebo is trying to benchmark on that by encouraging locals to consider it as […]
No other country had more parks ranked so highly, which is excellent for South Africa. A total of 2 234 reviews were contributed by safari tourists from 63 countries. The remaining 774 park reviews were written by experts, including guidebook authors associated with Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Frommer’s, Bradt and Footprint. The study found Mala […]
But all that is forgiven, following robust negotiations that took place amongst ‘tripartite alliance’ i.e. North West Provincial Government, SA Express and Sun City to revisit the idea of an airlink. Fast-forward to April 2015, when the first commercial flight took to the skies between Cape Town, Johannesburg, Sun City and soon Mahikeng Airport -to […]
I did ‘Your Majesty’ with my colleague as guests at the Sibaya Lodge-nestled on 48 hectares of coastal highland, with 360 degree ocean and hinterland views. The sugar-canes surroundings complete the definition of this majestic venue in the KwaZulu-Natal’s East Coast. Sibaya is a Zulu word for ‘cattle kraal’ or ‘boma’ and yes, cattles are […]
An accomplished traveler and astute businessman was giving his address at the recent media tour that also, featured Golf Day at the swanky Serengeti Golf Estate, in the East Rand. Mthembu made a clarion call to the City of Ekurhuleni, that they should not just concentrate on Aerotropolis but to further spread their wings to […]
He confirmed the news during a meeting in Rustenburg recently. Although no official statement has been released, Chauke who is the head of SCOPA in NW- was ecstatic at breaking the news. “I’ve been appointed as the new chairperson at the North West Tourism and look forward to the challenge,” says former MEC for Sport […]
Scheduled from May 9 to 11 2015, at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Center-Durban, over three-days, provincial tourism agencies in SA are gearing up for this exciting but robust gathering of all ‘parties’. The Gauteng Tourism Authority- the marketing agency of the province-has identified key pillars- such as Township Tourism -to be exhibited as part of […]