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Halle-bloody-lujah!! At last a sense of reasons in an otherwise wilderness of tourism and visa insanity!

The first non-stop flight between Durban and Europe will start in October this year when British Airways will start flying between King Shaka International and London Heathrow.

South Africa’s visa shambles are preventing tourists from entering the country but luckily two ministers are trying to solve the problem.

The Western Cape water crisis, fear of listeriosis as well as reports of land reform are having a serious economic impact on the local tourism industry.

Despite a shortage of water, the Cape is back on the map as a heritage tourism destination with the discovery of up to 40 hominin footprints that are estimate dot be over 90 000 years old.

The foundation for a multi-industry collaboration to unite aviation, tourism and government has been laid and could introduce major changes for South African and intra-continental travel and tourism.

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Despite Cape Town running out of water soon, the popularity of the city has been further underscored with the news that Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be increasing flight frequency to meet growing travel demand.

Police are urging the hospitality industry in South Africa to advise their guests to be vigilant after booking into guest houses, lodges and hotels after an incident in Nelson Mandela Bay.

A rapid increase of groups on social media platforms impersonating South African National Parks and some of the national parks under its management is a cause of great concern for the organisation.

An app for emergency response has been launched by 911 Rapid Response in conjunction with Nhongo Safaris and the Tourism Business Council of South African (TBCSA), with the aim of ensuring the safety of tourists in South Africa.

With strong tourist arrivals from Central and South America, tourism to South Africa is on the up despite some crazy visa restrictions by the government doing almost everything possible to achieve the opposite.

The Southern Africa aviation scene is set for a shake-up with the news that African low-cost carrier (LCC) Fastjet has tied up a brand licensing agreement with Federal Airlines in South Africa and Solenta Aviation Ltd in Mozambique.

The Southern African Tourism Association will meet with police to discuss ways to increase protection after 36 Dutch tourists were robbed shortly after touching down at OR Tambo International Airport.

South Africa’s financially wounded national carrier, South African Aircraze (SAA), will cancel a number of regional flights in a desperate attempt to save money.

A non-profit organisation called Ikhaya Le Langa – run by women in Langa, Cape Town - is making headlines by renting out overnight accommodation on AirBNB.

Tickets sales for the first ever flights between South Africa and the volcanic outpost in the South Atlantic Ocean, St Helena, is set to start “within the next week” with SA Airlink poised to operate a weekly service linking the island with Johannesburg and Cape Town via a refuelling stopover...

Domestic tourism within South Africa has declined over the past two years due to economic hardships in Zuma country.

In a first for the African continent, the City of New York and the City of Cape Town signed a historic city-to-city partnership agreement to boost tourism and business.

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The United States has released a security message warning US citizens travelling via OR Tambo International Airport (Ortia) that they are entering or leaving the Wild West of Africa.

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Tourists are being targeted at several ‘tourist traps’ in and around Gauteng.

If you were hoping for economic recovery to grace South African shores soon, your hopes will be proven worthless, warns the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in its latest evaluation of fixed investment levels in the country.

The rate at which police officers are being murdered has fallen significantly over the past twenty years, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR).

South Africa’s tourism sector is worried that the country’s volatile political and economic situation could affect the the possibility of hosting more international conferences.

Somebody is feeling the heat of AirBNB making great strides into offerring affordable accommodation to people travelling in South Africa and now they are crying foul. In fact, it’s a complementary bottle of wine that’s got them whining.

Around 13,000 potential tourists to South Africa last year were turned away at foreign airports because they were not in possession of correct documentation to enter the country.

Tourism industry insiders have rubbished claims that the weaker rand will bring more tourist to South Africa.

One positive thing that came from South Africa being downgraded to junk status is that a weaker rand makes South Africa a better value-for-money option for overseas tourists.

South Africa might battle with the Kiwis on the cricket pitch, but on the political and tourism front South Africa’s ‘tourism terminator’ has bowled them for a duck.