The mandate of the Committee is to conduct oversight work in an effort to extract optimum benefits for the country from the resources and capacities available to the government in terms of tourism growth. The Committee undertook an oversight visit to Head Offices of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and South African Tourism (SAT) in November 2014 to assess progress and achievements in terms of quarters 1 and 2 of the 2014/15 financial year. The Committee aimed to take the opportunity as well to engage the private sector and to evaluate the nature of challenges, prospects for inclusive growth particularly in rural areas, and the extent of government intervention and support at all levels. The visit was initially planned for the last week of November 2014, but had to be suspended half-way through due to changes in the parliamentary programme. The latter part of the programme was revived to be undertaken in February 2015.