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Under mounting pressure from the tourism industry, the National Public Transport Regulator (NPTR) has told wheels operators that progress is being made in clearing the backlog of applications for tourist transport operator licences.

South African Airways is poised to announce a radical recovery after its 2022/23 financial year end at the end of March, according to Tebogo Tsimane, Interim Chief Operating Officer, who said the airline was on track to break even.

SATSA recently attended a meeting with SARS and TBCSA where they provided insight into the pilot phase of the Traveller Declaration at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport and plans for rolling out further. 

Cruise Cape Town, a specialised unit within Wesgro, has reported a bumper 2022/23 cruise season. It is expecting 75 ship visits and five new vessels (docking in Cape Town for the first time) before the season ends in May 2023.

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TALKING ENERGY: SHEDDING LIGHT ON HOSPITALITY & THE PUBLIC SECTOR

With load-shedding continuing to impact the tourism industry, stakeholders are placing hope on the Green Tourism Incentives Programme (GTIP) to assist them with meeting the significant costs of installing sources of renewable energy.

Should the TOMSA tourism levies – and how they are spent – be revised?

SATSA hosted a very successful webinar to learn about the Department of Tourism’s Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP), managed by the IDC.

Kruger National Park (KNP) Disaster Management Teams remain on alert as the park continues to receive more rain this morning.