Tourism workers languish at home as negative PCR test requirement remains for vaccinated travellers
PRESS RELEASE TOURISM WORKERS LANGUISH AT HOME AS NEGATIVE PCR TEST REQUIREMENT REMAINS FOR VACCINATED TRAVELLERS PRETORIA, 10 MARCH 2022 – South Africa could lose as many as 400,000 overseas tourists this year, supporting about 100,000 jobs in the wider economy, if the requirement for presenting a negative PCR test on arrival for vaccinated travellers […]
TBCSA calls for Government to remove PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated inbound travellers
PRESS RELEASE TBCSA CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT TO REMOVE PCR TEST REQUIREMENT FOR FULLY VACCINATED INBOUND TRAVELLERS PRETORIA, 16 FEBRUARY 2022 – South Africa must remove the negative PCR test requirement for incoming travellers who are fully vaccinated to stimulate inbound tourism demand. Several countries with a strong tourism value proposition have already done so. Further delays […]
URGENT MEETING REQUEST – THE CASE FOR THE IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO SOUTH AFRICA
17th December 2021 Head of European Union Delegation: South Africa 2 Greenpark Estate, 27 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof, PRETORIA Her Excellency Riina Kionka URGENT MEETING REQUEST THE CASE FOR THE IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO SOUTH AFRICA As chief executive of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa, I speak for all businesses […]
Tourism sector welcomes official confirmation of South Africa’s removal from UK Red List
Press Release on behalf of SATSA and TBCSA Tuesday, 14 December 2021 TOURISM SECTOR WELCOMES OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF SOUTH AFRICA’S REMOVAL FROM UK RED LIST OMICRON VARIANT CLASSIFIED LOW-RISK IN MAJOR NEW SOUTH AFRICAN ANALYSIS OMICRON ON-TRACK TO BECOME DOMINANT VARIANT IN UK THIS WEEK Key findings from South Africa study: South Africa’s leading private […]
