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Tourism Quarter 1 performance
5 Sep 2018
The National Department of Tourism (NDT) briefed the Committee on its 1st Quarter Performance Report for 2018/19.
As far as the overall target, the Department had achieved 72 out of 88 targets in this period.
Programme 1: Corporate Management
For the Programme there were seventeen targets of which sixteen had ...
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Tourism Sector Transformation: B-BBEE Charter Council briefing
29 Aug 2018
The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Charter Council briefed the Committee on the state of transformation in the tourism sector.
The Council was concerned about the snail’s pace of transformation in the sector. The lack of transformation in the sector was reflected in the results of the study. Some of ...
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Bilateral Agreements / Memorandum of Understanding with other countries; with the Deputy Minister
22 Aug 2018
Delegates from the Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on on the multilateral forums to which South Africa was a signatory and a member. The briefing was also aimed at providing the status of signed agreements/memorandums of understanding (MOUs), to provide progress on the implementation of signed MOUs, and to ...
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National Department of Tourism Quarter 4 performance
15 Aug 2018
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Portfolio Committee on Tourism on its fourth quarter performance in 2017/18, and reported that it had achieved 61 of its 68 targets. It had marginally failed to maintain its goal of 50% of women at the senior management service level – the previous ...
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South African Tourism 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance
6 Jun 2018
South African Tourism (SAT) told the Committee that although there had been an improvement in the overall economy, as well as in consumer confidence at the beginning of 2018, this had not translated into increased spending, as unemployment still remained high. Despite the international tourist arrivals target not being met ...
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Election of Chairperson; National Tourism Sector Strategy Review
30 May 2018
The National Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on the review of the National Tourism Sector Strategy. After looking at emerging trends at a global level and key sectors the ne Sector Strategy the Draft Strategy went through the gazetting phase. The Department emerged with the new Sector Strategy which ...
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Committee Annual Performance Plan for 2018/19
23 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism considered the Draft Committee Annual Performance Plan for 2018/19; the Draft Second (Q2) and Third (Q3) Performance Report for 2017/18 Financial Year; Draft Minutes; and Correspondence.
The Committee adopted the Draft Committee Annual Performance Plan for 2018/19; and also adopted the Draft Second (Q2) and ...
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Tourism budget: Committee Report; Committee Programme
9 May 2018
The Committee was presented with an overview of the Committee’s observations and recommendations as contained in the Draft Report on the budget allocation for Vote 33: Tourism. Members noted that the budget was insufficient and needed to be increased, SA needed a tourist friendly visa regime and immigration regulations as ...
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South African Tourism (SAT) Annual Performance Plan
25 Apr 2018
South African Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan. While domestic holiday trips have increased by 12% the total number of domestic trips has decreased. The growth of international tourists is below the global growth rates. The reason for this is due to perceptions of safety and security, ...
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Committee Strategic Plan 2018/19 & Programme
18 Apr 2018
Relevant Documents: Annual Performance Plan 2018/19; Draft Committee programme 17 April – 15 June 2018; Draft Committee minutes dated 28 March 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism met to discuss its Annual Performance Plan (APP) for the 2018/19 financial year in order to structure its work. It was provided with an update of ...