House Chairperson, in response to the question that has been posed, the National Tourism Sector Strategy, NTSS, has proposed institutional arrangements to be put in place in all spheres of government with a view to guiding municipalities.
The national Department of Tourism co-ordinated a number of workshops in provinces which were attended by municipalities to share best practices in regard to coordination. In the workshops working models were shared by various provinces.
The subject of co-ordination was also raised as an agenda item at the recent Local Government Tourism Conference, where a best-case scenario was shared.
The department is now working with provinces to establish provincial tourism fora which are constituted of provincial tourism departments, authorities and municipalities in order to ensure support to regional and local tourism organisations. I thank you.