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National Department of Tourism & SA Tourism 2014/15 Annual Reports; Auditor-General’s and Departmental briefings, in presence of Deputy Minister
16 Oct 2015
The Deputy Minister of Tourism attended the meeting. The Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on its findings in the tourism sector, and specifically on the performance of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and South African Tourism (SAT). In the 2013/2014 financial year, the NDT got a ...
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Domestic Tourism: South African Tourism briefing
11 Sep 2015
South African Tourism (SA Tourism) briefed the Committee on its Domestic Tourism Marketing Strategy. The purpose of the briefing was to ensure that all questions pertaining to domestic tourism were dealt with. An executive summary of the Annual Performance Plan and Strategic Plan of SA Tourism was presented. The Committee ...
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Importance of Heritage Sites in Tourism Development: South African Heritage Resources Agency briefing
4 Sep 2015
The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) briefed the Committee on the importance of heritage sites in tourism development. The SAHRA was established in terms of Section 11 of the National Heritage Resources Act No.25 of 1999 (NHRA), which outlined an integrated interactive system for the management of the national ...
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Domestic Tourism: National Department of Tourism briefing
20 Aug 2015
Domestic tourism covered travelling locally with the purpose of visiting friends and relatives or for religious, business, holiday and medical purposes. Members were given insight into two surveys done by SA Tourism and StatsSA on domestic tourism. The surveys differed in sample, scope, variables and the period of the surveys. ...
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Committee Report on Tourism Indaba 2015; Tourism Portfolio Committee Annual Performance Plan for 2015/16
25 Jun 2015
The Chairperson informed Members about the cancellation of the Eastern Cape oversight visit due to her deployment to the Ad Hoc Committee considering the Police Minister’s report on the Nkandla upgrades. Some Members felt that the oversight visit was vitally important and should not be cancelled. Members were notified that ...
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South Africa’s tourism statistics: Statistics South Africa (Stats-SA) briefing; Third Term Committee Programme; Committee Budget Vote Report and Draft Tourism Indaba Report
19 Jun 2015
The Committee considered its Draft Third Term Programme 2015. It was agreed that necessary changes reflecting the inputs made by Members would be incorporated into the Programme that would be adopted at another time. The Committee also considered its Budget Vote Report and also deferred its adoption. Committee Minutes dated ...
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Initiatives undertaken to improve tourism growth and development: Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) briefing
12 Jun 2015
PMG did not attend this meeting. The meeting was held outside of Parliament.
Tourism
Committee Report on Department of Tourism Budget Vote No.33
29 Apr 2015
The Chairperson said the Committee had to look at the Draft Committee Report on Budget Vote No.33 and adopt the report for the next financial year. She was pleased with how the Committee and the Department of Tourism had worked well with each other; that the Committee was amongst the ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism: Workshop on Act No. 3 of 2014
17 Apr 2015
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) hosted the Committee to a workshop on the Tourism Act No.3 of 2014. It was important to paint a picture of the tourism environment for the Committee. The challenge was that the tourism sector could have different pieces of legislation and policies that may ...
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National Department of Tourism Strategic and Annual Performance Plans 2015/16
27 Mar 2015
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20. In attendance was Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa. She extended the apologies of the Minister of Tourism, Mr Derek Hanekom, who was unable to attend the meeting. Prior to the actual ...