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South African Tourism Quarter 2 & 3 2020/21 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Mar 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism received a briefing in a virtual meeting from South African Tourism (SAT) on its second and third quarter performance for the 2020/21 financial year.
SAT reported that it had achieved 16 of its 26 key performance indicators (KPIs) across five programmes, and that seven KPIs ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2020/21 Quarter 2 & 3 performance; with Minister
2 Mar 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee (PC) on Tourism was briefed by the Department of Tourism on its performance in the second and third quarter of the financial year 2020/2021.
The Tourism Ministry appealed to people to help the Department, because a short-term opening of the sector does not ...
Tourism
Developments in tourism sector: TBCSA briefing; Impact of SONA on Tourism Sector
23 Feb 2021
Audio: Developments in tourism sector: TBCSA briefing; Impact of SONA on Tourism Sector
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
In a virtual meeting, the Committee heard a series of presentations by representatives of the South African tourism industry, which painted a bleak picture of the sector ...
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Tourism Equity Fund: NDT & SEFA briefing; Impact of SONA on tourism sector
16 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Tourism
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committees on Tourism and Small Business Development received a briefing from the Department of Tourism (DT) and the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) on the Tourism Equity Fund (TEF), ...
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State of Tourism at Local Government Level: CoGTA briefing; with Minister
24 Nov 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) on the state of tourism at local government level. The meeting took place on a virtual platform. The presentation reflected on key opportunities and challenges in relation to the development of the tourism sector, from a ...
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Tourism Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee met to consider and discuss its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report. Particular comments were made on the econometric study regarding tourism advertisement to attract tourists at an ideal spend. There was concern no results were really seen from the study and there ought to be ...
Tourism
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 ...
Tourism
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 ...