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National Department of Tourism 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
28 Mar 2018
The Minister of Tourism, the Director-General of the Department and the relevant Deputy Director-Generals made a highly detailed presentation of the Department's Annual Performance Plan 2018/19 to 2020/21.
The Performance Plan noted that the Department of Tourism’s contribution to the economy was measured by jobs created, contribution to GDP, and ...
Tourism
Working for Tourism Programme: briefing on assessment by Government Technical Advisory Centre
14 Mar 2018
The Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) had the assessed the National Department of Tourism’s Working for Tourism projects. The Committee received a briefing on this assessment and recommendation made. In total 32 projects had been assessed and categorised in terms of stalled projects, those that requested additional funding, projects at ...
Tourism
South African Tourism Quarter 2 & 3 performance
7 Mar 2018
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on second and third quarter performance reports for 2017/18.
In the presentation, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that SA Tourism had not achieved were highlighted.
On the number of total domestic trips achieved for Quarter 3 the target was set at 4.5m. Actual performance sat at ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism Quarter 2 & 3 performance; Acting Chairperson Election
28 Feb 2018
The Department of Tourism briefed the Committee on the 2nd and 3rd quarter performance for the financial year 2017/18. The department had met 89% of its targets by the end of the 2nd quarter and 79% by the end of the 3rd, citing the failure of service providers as one ...
Tourism
Committee Programme
31 Jan 2018
The Committee considered and adopted its proposed Plan for the First Term of 2018. The Committee discussed the matter of changing its scheduled meeting date from Friday to Wednesday. The Committee stated that due to the amount of activity currently taking place in Parliament, it has decided to limit the ...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
NEMLA Bill [B14-2017]: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing
30 Jan 2018
The briefing by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment (NEMLA) Bill [B14-2017] consisted of eight separate presentations.
The National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill [B14 – 2017] presentation provided the Committee with an overview of the NEMLA Bill. The Bill provides clarity on ...
Tourism
Western Cape Province state of tourism: WESGRO briefing
8 Nov 2017
Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (WESGRO) briefed the Committee on the state of tourism in the Western Cape Province.
Part of what WESGRO did was to lead trade missions, facilitate investment into priority sectors and to grow leisure and business tourism. The Western Cape was the only province ...
Tourism
Signage on routes to World Heritage Sites and tourism sites: South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) briefing
3 Nov 2017
The Department of Transport and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited briefed the Committee on the provision of signage on routes to World Heritage Sites (WHS) and other sights of significance in SA.
They reported that all road signage had to be done in accordance with specific legislation that ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism Quarter 1 performance, with Deputy Minister
20 Oct 2017
The Deputy Minister said that the South African economy was not growing as it should. However tourism growth was good. Tourism had created 700 000 job and contributed 9% to SA’s Growth Domestic Product. The past year had been tourism’s seventh year of sustained growth. There was a 13% growth in ...
Tourism
SA Tourism on its Annual Report 2016/17, with Minister & Deputy Minister
8 Sep 2017
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for 2016/17. SA Tourism had received its sixteenth unqualified audit report for this reporting period. On the performance of SA Tourism for 2016/17 it only managed to achieve six of its fourteen key performance indicators. On the number of international tourist ...