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/ 24 February 2010
South Africa’s tourism ministry has ordered an investigation into allegations that World Cup hotel prices are unreasonably high.
South Africa’s brightest and most promising tourism SMMEs are receiving the recognition they deserve, writes Sharon van Wyk.
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/ 29 January 2010
An upmarket shebeen has become a gathering place for Soweto’s chattering classes. Percy Zvomuya paid Kwa-Thabeng a visit.
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/ 26 January 2010
South Africa’s top holiday destination Cape Town weathered a post-recession summer with fewer tourists, but is gearing up to bounce back in 2010.
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/ 24 January 2010
The Soccer World Cup and the "Obama effect" of a US president of African heritage has sparked a surge in interest in Africa as a tourist destination.
If its wildlife is to be preserved, more income from the tourists who flock to safari parks must find its way to local people.
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/ 4 December 2009
SA soccer and tourism officials are warning hotels, airlines and restaurants not to scare off tourists by hiking prices during the Soccer World Cup.
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/ 20 November 2009
Tourism in the Okavango has been great for the economy – but not for local fishermen who make their living on the river. Mandy Rossouw reports.
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/ 16 November 2009
Zimbabwe’s tourism chief says hotels have seen occupancy rates double in the past year.
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/ 2 November 2009
East Timor’s struggle against Indonesian occupation may soon become a tidy earner.
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/ 30 October 2009
SA received a record 9,5-million tourists in 2008, up 5,5% annually, but is counting on the World Cup to reverse a slowdown felt this year.
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/ 28 October 2009
Go to Cape Town for the waterfront, for Table Mountain and for the wine country. Go to Johannesburg for … what, exactly?
India’s resort state of Goa has been hit by several setbacks in the last 18 months.
Australia launched a multimillion-dollar bid this week to rebrand itself as more than a nation of bronzed beach-goers.
Kenya signed an agreement with SA on Tuesday to encourage tourism investment in both countries and share data from the sector to maximise re
With less than a year to go before the 2010 Soccer World Cup, transport needs to be improved to make the tournament a success, says minister.
About a million more South Africans toured in their own country in 2008 compared to the previous year, Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Wednesday.
More jobs losses are expected in Cape Town and Durban as the hotels and events industries are hit hard by the slump in tourism.
Rental services run by real estate companies ahead of 2010 have taken off.
Former miner Oleseng Mokoena has broken 15 plates and a dozen wine glasses since becoming a waiter in Rustenburg a month ago.
Tourism to Africa will grow by a slower 2% to 3% in 2009 from about 47-million arrivals last year because of the global economic slowdown.
Fancy world-class soccer in SA alongside a trip to the Victoria Falls or a Namib desert safari? This is possible, according to Fifa organisers.
With a smoking ban looming, Barbara Nadel seeks out Istanbul’s water pipe salons and laments the end of a 400-year-old tradition.
Martha Evans spends a day slumming it in poverty-stricken postcard Africa
SA tourism operators are seeing marketing gold in the Soccer World Cup, a chance to sell the country as a destination to foreign travellers.
As the sky begins to bruise, an indigo haze descends on Uganda’s ”mountains of the moon”, and a solitary lioness limps through the savannah.
Sam Leith recounts his visit to the desert paradise in the United Arab Emirates. Everything from the cranes outside to his hotel lobby screams ‘money’
The Caprivi Strip’s tourism industry has been particularly hard hit, with only one lodge in Katima Mulilo still open.
After a long hibernation, the live music scene is thriving in China’s hippest city, with a host of new jazz and blues clubs, writes Tessa Thorniley.
Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau.
The tourism industry should do ”everything possible” to protect jobs in light of a ”looming recession”, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Nicole Johnston goes bed-hopping in the Western Cape, from boutique backpackers to five-star eco-luxury resorts.