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Election of Committee Chairperson; Committee Programme
2 Jul 2019
The Committee elected Mr S Mahumapelo (ANC) to be its chairperson.
The incoming chairperson stressed that members would have to work as a collective in order for the Committee to execute its mandate. He further said that Members had to respect one another and should refrain from drawing too quickly ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism Quarter 2 & 3 performance
27 Feb 2019
The Department of Tourism (DT) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Tourism on the 2nd and 3rd quarter performance for the financial year 2018/19. The Department achieved 86.67% of its targets for the 2nd quarter and achieved 71.08% of its targets for the 3rd quarter. The appointment and finding of service ...
Tourism
Committee Annual Report; Committee Report on World Tourism Day
21 Nov 2018
Draft Committee Annual Report January - December 2018
The Committee was taken through its draft Annual Report January - December 2018. The intention was for the Annual Report, the Committee’s Budgetary Review Recommendations Report (BRRR) and the Committee’s Legacy Report to assist the incoming Committee in the Sixth Parliament. Much ...
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Tourism Legacy Report
14 Nov 2018
Documents handed out: Legacy Report and Achievements of the Committee -2014 to 2019 (Tabled Committee Reports)
The Committee met to consider the draft legacy report for its term from 2014 to 2019. Key highlights discussed included the funding for domestic tourism, restructuring of the national Department of Tourism and ...
Tourism
Initiatives to improve airlift in the country to boost tourist arrivals: Airport Company South Africa briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Airports Company of SA (ACSA) briefed the Committee on initiatives to improve airlift in SA to boost tourist arrivals.
In 2017, ACSA contributed R9.5bn to SA’s economy, supported 14 950 jobs and supported R2.8bn of income to workers in SA. One of the key objectives of the Airlift Strategy was ...
Tourism
Oceans Economy: National Department of Tourism briefing
31 Oct 2018
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on the Oceans Economy.
The Department reported that Cabinet had approved the Coastal and Marine Tourism (CMT) Implementation Plan on 16 August 2017. The idea was for SA to become a world class coastal and marine tourism destination. The CMT Implementation ...
Tourism
Joint Marketing Agreements (JMAs) for international and domestic work: South African Tourism briefing
24 Oct 2018
SA Tourism on briefed the Committee on the Joint Marketing Agreements (JMAs) for international and domestic work.
In its audit of the entity, the Auditor-General of South Africa had raised two concerns in relation to the Agreements. The first was on the process by SA Tourism in choosing its partners ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism & SA Tourism 2017/18 Annual Reports, with AGSA input
9 Oct 2018
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) reported that the national Department of Tourism, and its entity, SA Tourism (SAT), had received an unqualified opinion on the audit of its annual financial statements (AFS), as both its AFS and annual performance reports (APR) were submitted on time, with no material ...
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South African Tourism Quarter 1 performance
12 Sep 2018
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its 1st Quarter Performance Report for 2018/19.
SA Tourism had a total of 27 key performance indicators but that some were not yet due for reporting. For Quarter 1 the target for international tourist arrivals was 2.5m with actual performance sitting at 2.4m, a ...
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High Level Panel recommendations: Committee response; Committee Reports
11 Sep 2018
The Committee’s Content Advisor reported on the Department of Tourism’s fourth quarter performance report for 2017/18, and highlighted that the Department and South African Tourism (SAT) had failed to achieve their targets for the quarter. The Department had achieved only 88.1% of its targets, while SAT had achieved 68.3%. Recommendations ...