A trip down the Garden Route is a Capetonian favorite, taking one to the popular coastal towns of Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, Wilderness, Mossel Bay and more.
Now TimeOut has included it in its list of 11 ‘most breathtakingly beautiful road trips around the world’, a fantastic accolade for tourism in the Cape. Continue reading →
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* President Jacob Zuma has announced that the General Election will take place on 7 May. (via Twitter)
* Wifi availability and its smooth operation is a ‘deal breaker’ for business as well as leisure travellers, in choosing their accommodation, being more important than any other criterion. In an analysis of 53 million reviews written in English, 2 million mentioned wifi/wi-fi and internet, and found a correlation between non-availability and poor connectivity with lower scores for the establishment out of a total of 5. However, a perfect wifi service is not rewarded with a 5/5 score, as it is taken for granted that it should be available and work perfectly.
* A Safari in Africa ranks third on the 10Best Readers Choice Best Bucket List. Top of the Bucket List is the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, followed by Alaska. The South Pacific Islands, Italy, Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, the Pyramids, and the Swiss Alps are also on the top 10 Bucket List.
* A restaurant collection called bunnychow has opened in London, Bath, and Chester in the Continue reading →
The American government has declared the Beluga whales off Alaska’s Cook Inlet an endangered species, despite opposition to this protection by Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, says the Los Angeles Times. In the past decade the Beluga whale population off Anchorage has been reduced by half, and only stands at 375. According to the legislation, any plans to build bridges or drill off-shore will have to prove that these will not disturb the whales.
The Northern Right Whale too is to be protected, with new legislation to be introduced in the USA to regulate the speed at which shipping traffic may travel along America’s East Coast between Massachusetts and Florida. There are only 300 to 400 Northern Right whales left in the world, and the legislation is designed to stop whales from dying from collisions with ships.
