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Department of Tourism Annual Report 2019/20 & Auditor-General input: with Minister
10 Nov 2020
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) reported that both the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and South African Tourism (SAT) audit outcomes had improved compared to the previous year. NDT received an unqualified audit opinion with findings on compliance. SAT received an unqualified audit with findings on predetermined objectives and compliance. ...
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National Federation of Tourist Guides Association on activities and issues pertinent to the tourism sector
3 Nov 2020
The National Federation of Tourist Guides Association (NFTGA) briefed the Committee on activities and issues pertinent to the tourism sector. The main challenges included the guide categories, the accreditation of providers, the training process, continued professional development, industry transformation through the development of a tourism culture, and language proficiency.
The ...
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Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa on pertinent issues
27 Oct 2020
The Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa (BARSA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its activities and issues pertinent to tourism airlift prospects and challenges within SA in a virtual meeting.
BARSA said the aviation and tourism sector is greatly challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and it resulted in massive ...
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CATHSSETA on training programmes in Tourism Sector; Committee Report on 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance
20 Oct 2020
The Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education Training Authority (CATHSSETA) presented a background paper to the Committee with an overview of its skills development and training programmes in the tourism and travel services sector. The discussion was on the mandate of developing a credible Sector Skills Plan (SSP) ...
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South African Tourism 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance; Committee Report on Transformation in the Tourism Sector; with Deputy Minister
13 Oct 2020
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the South African Tourism (SAT) on their 2020/21 first quarter performance and to also consider the Committee Report on transformation of the tourism sector.
The entity reported that according to the UNWTO Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals (overnight ...
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Department of Tourism 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance; with Minister and Deputy
6 Oct 2020
The Department of Tourism presented its quarter one performance report for the 2020/21 financial year in a virtual meeting. It looked at the challenges which COVID-19 had posed for the industry, and the measures that had been put in place to ensure the industry bounced back from the present situation. ...
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Strategies to expedite transformation in the tourism sector
1 Sep 2020
A virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee focused on the importance of the tourism sector’s transformation agenda, and how this would be carried out as part of transforming the country as a whole. The Chairperson described this as part of the goal of building a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist South Africa ...
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South African Tourism 2019/20 Quarter 4 performance
25 Aug 2020
South African Tourism reported that in the fourth quarter, it started to see the global results of how tourism slowed down. Globally, tourism was down 22% and this was during the first waves of the coronavirus in Asia, Europe and the United States. South Africa had experienced a decline of ...
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South African Women in Tourism on Women in Tourism programmes / activities
18 Aug 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Tourism, 18 August 2020
The Committee was briefed on the Women in Tourism (WiT) programme and the progress made in each of the provincial chapters. The meeting took place on a virtual platform. The presentations addressed the various events in the provinces for the WiT programme. ...
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Department of Tourism 2019/20 Quarter 3 & 4 performance
28 Jul 2020
Video: Department of Tourism 2019/20 Quarter 3 & 4 performance
On a virtual platform, the Committee was briefed on the quarter three and four reports of the Department of Tourism. In quarter three, overall performance achieved for the quarter is 71.62%. The percentage which is not achieved but there is ...