CHRIS GILMOUR: SA must be persuaded not to strangle fledgling tourism industry
If inbound tourism only opens by February, there will most likely not be a travel industry left to speak of
Our present level 3 of lockdown permits limited business air travel, enabling certain elements of tourism, such as car rental and some hotel operations, to get running again. But under the government’s risk-adjusted strategy for lifting restrictions, full inbound international tourism is not set to return until level 1 is reached, with suggestions that level 1 might not materialise until February.
However, private-sector tourism body, The Tourism Business Council of SA (TBCSA), is set on pulling back that timeline quite dramatically. It has been lobbying government intensely with a view to opening inbound tourism significantly faster, hopefully by start of September. ..
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