Tourism sector needs to think out the box to find new ways to lure visitors
Industry should be focusing on rewiring itself radically rather than trying to return to the past
15 September 2020 - 19:20
Travel and tourism in SA must prepare for more than just an inconvenient shake-up. The fundamentals of the entire sector are shifting and a united front is vital for the country to strategise an intelligent response for the future.
In the past few weeks we’ve seen protests in Cape Town and Johannesburg, calling for the immediate reopening of a sector hit by income plunging 98% since May 2020, according to the Tourism Business Council of SA. this has put about 600,000 direct tourism jobs at risk...
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