It was announced by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) yesterday that Durban has lost the rights to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022, it was reported in Business Day. Continue reading →
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Visa Regulation amendments a victory for SA Tourism industry!
More than a year since the introduction of the first onerous Visa Regulations in June last year, an Inter-Ministerial Committee chaired by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced changes to the regulations, tremendous news for the Tourism industry.
The new improved revised Visa regulations: Continue reading →
International Monetary Fund downscales SA economic growth rate to 1,3% for 2016!
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downscaled its forecast for our country’s economy for this year to only 1,4%, down from 2%.
The GDP is expected to only grow by 1,3% next year, forecasts the IMF, the slowest rate of growth since the last recession in 2009. China’s economic slowdown is largely to blame, with metal imports reducing due to that country’s ‘slump‘. Mining jobs are in Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 3 July
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* London’s first underground farm Growing Underground has been created in a disused bunker from World War II, below the Northern Line at Clapham, reports The Daily Telegraph. The Farm will soon supply herbs to London restaurants, all grown without any impact on the environment.
* More capacity has been added to flights traveling to Cape Town in Continue reading →