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Tourism
Committee Legacy Report & Sector Analysis
20 Aug 2019
The Committee considered the Portfolio Committee of Tourism legacy report from the Fifth Parliament. It indicated that in the past two years, 2017and 2018, there had been a decline in tourism and in its contribution to the country’s GDP. The report spoke of the potential markets to ...
Tourism
Tourism Budget: Committee Report
9 Jul 2019
The Draft Committee Report on Budget Vote 33: Tourism was placed before the Committee for consideration.
Committee observations and recommendations to the National Department of Tourism (NDT) and to South African Tourism (SAT) as captured by Committee Staff were presented to Members. Members were encouraged to make changes or additions ...
Tourism
South African Tourism 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan briefing with Deputy Minister
4 Jul 2019
The Committee was briefed by South African Tourism on its Annual Performance Plan for 2019/20. The Deputy Minister from the Department of Tourism was in attendance. The presentation noted that South African Tourism has set a strategic goal of increasing the base of tourism by 5 million arrivals or trips ...
Tourism
Department of Tourism 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Minister of Tourism stated that there were approximately 10 million visitors to the country in a year and the numbers were growing, despite the challenges. One of the challenges was crime and the report would show figures provided by the South African Police Service. The Minister was working with ...
Tourism
Election of Committee Chairperson; Committee Programme
2 Jul 2019
The Committee elected Mr S Mahumapelo (ANC) to be its chairperson.
The incoming chairperson stressed that members would have to work as a collective in order for the Committee to execute its mandate. He further said that Members had to respect one another and should refrain from drawing too quickly ...