(a) Tourism is a concurrent function in the Constitution.
The Department together with provinces, the private sector and law enforcement agencies developed a Tourism Safety Strategy in 2018. The 2018 Strategy has not yet been fully implemented and was revisited on 29 May 2023 at a Dialogue to implement it and action was agreed on outstanding issues. The strategy implementation is supported by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department and SAPS.
The Tourism Safety Forum will now meet quarterly.
The Department has budgeted to train 2000 Tourism Monitors in the 2023/24 Financial Year.
(b) In partnership with the private sector, we will launch a safety app and operational centre where monitoring will be done.