Deputy Speaker, the upcoming conference that the hon member has referred to is actually a private sector conference, but it will be supported by the two government departments that he referred to.
We recently announced the tourism arrival figures. From January till November last year it was good news for us - it was 15,4% up on the previous year and it was double the global growth. We will very shortly be announcing the figures for the whole of last year.
The important lesson from those figures is that we as a country cannot continue to rely on leisure tourism alone. We should diversify in products, and also new markets.
With regard to products, the new convention bureau will be up and running this year. It will be housed at SA Tourism, properly funded, and assist in bidding for international conventions and conferences.
With regard to new markets, we recently announced that this year our national carrier, SA Airways, would start flying Johannesburg - to Beijing. We will announce a specific date very soon, and I am very optimistic that that route will soon after that be serviced by Chinese airlines as well. Thank you. [Applause.]