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Impact of SONA on Tourism sector; Term 1 Programme
18 Feb 2020
The Committee Content Advisor and the Committee Researcher briefed the Committee on the implications that the State of the Nation Address 2020 had on tourism.
As background the Committee was provided with a snapshot of tourism performance. In 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa had announced a target of having 21m arrivals ...
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Marketing Investment Framework: SAT briefing
19 Nov 2019
SA Tourism (SAT) briefed the Committee on its Marketing Investment Framework (MIF). The MIF was the framework that SAT used to guide its marketing investment choices as it was developed on the philosophy of bringing together targets, market selection and available resources to establish optimal marketing investments. Members were provided ...
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Tourism Grading System in South Africa & Tabling of proposed Dashboard for tracking of Committee resolutions: TGCSA briefing
5 Nov 2019
The Tourism Grading Council of SA (TGCSA) briefed the Committee on the tourism grading system in SA. The TGCSA, at present, was focused primarily on the grading of accommodation establishments due to resource constraints but would like to move into other areas of the value chain. To date, 5 200 ...
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State of transformation in the Tourism Sector: Tourism B-BBEE Charter Council briefing; Howick Oversight Report
29 Oct 2019
The Tourism Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Charter Council briefed the Committee on the state of transformation in the tourism sector and in so doing elaborated on the work done by the former Charter Council that had served from 2016 to 2019. The current Charter Council was appointed by the ...
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Tourism Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Howick Oversight Report
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019; Draft Howick, KwaZulu-Natal Province Oversight Report [not made available]
The Committee discussed the 2019 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) and its Draft Howick Oversight Report. It was agreed that both Reports would be adopted at later date.
Being the first BRRR of ...
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Draft Concept Paper on Tourism Oversight Forum, Committee Programme; Update on preparations for World Tourism Celebrations
17 Sep 2019
In his opening rematks, the Chairperson expressed his sadness on the passing of Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Ms Bavalile Hlongwa on Friday, 13 September 2019. She had tragically died in a motor-vehicle accident. He described her as being fearless and someone who was never afraid to express her views. ...
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SA Tourism Quarter 4 Performance, with Minister
3 Sep 2019
The Minister of Tourism said that SA Tourism (SAT) was responsible for the branding of South Africa (Brand SA), but matters had been made difficult by the recent violence against women and the attacks that had taken place against fellow Africans. The negative publicity from these incidents impacted upon the ...
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Joint Consultative Workshop on Tourist Safety and Security in South Africa; with Deputy Minister of Tourism & Deputy Minister of Police
27 Aug 2019
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism and Police were briefed by various presenters on tourist safety and security in South Africa. The Deputy Ministers of Tourism and Police were in attendance.
The first presentation was led by the Safety and Violence Initiative. It highlighted that crime against tourists is ...
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South African Tourism 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan briefing with Deputy Minister
4 Jul 2019
The Committee was briefed by South African Tourism on its Annual Performance Plan for 2019/20. The Deputy Minister from the Department of Tourism was in attendance. The presentation noted that South African Tourism has set a strategic goal of increasing the base of tourism by 5 million arrivals or trips ...
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Department of Tourism 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Minister of Tourism stated that there were approximately 10 million visitors to the country in a year and the numbers were growing, despite the challenges. One of the challenges was crime and the report would show figures provided by the South African Police Service. The Minister was working with ...