Blow for SA tourism as key countries excluded from border openings
International relations minister Naledi Pandor says those wanting to travel for tourism from high-risk countries will not be allowed to enter SA
30 September 2020 - 16:27
In a potential blow to SA’s tourism industry, which is one of the sectors hardest hit by the national lockdown, the government has decided to exclude some of the country’s biggest sources of travellers from the opening of borders.
While business travellers from countries that have traditionally provided SA with its highest-spending tourists, among them the US, UK and major economies in the EU such as France, will be allowed, leisure travellers will be excluded after a recent surge in infections mean they are deemed high risk...
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