Areas where work is ongoing include: . Extending Tourism Business Councils reach at provincial and local. . Extending Tourism Business Councils reach at SME level. . Ensuring integrity in tourism statistics. . Strengthening relations with other government institutions and departments whose work impacts on travel and tourism, such as South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). . Increasing the TOMSA contributor base in order to grow the contribution to the SA Tourism; and . Solicit intervention where there seems to be an increase in policy and legislative changes threatening growth of Travel and Tourism.