Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

*   Durban is setting itself a goal to become the top beach destination in Africa by 2030, which would be at the expense of Cape Town!   The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development and Tourism, Michael Mabuyakhulu, launched his province’s Tourism Master Plan in Durban last week. ‘By 2030, KZN will be globally renowned as Africa’s top beach destination with a unique blend of wildlife, scenic and heritage experiences for all visitors‘, he said!

*   Hotels and Facebook users are the two largest sources of credit card fraud says the Airline Information Group.  Staff at hotels, especially those at the front desk, have access to guest card details and tend to use these to buy airline tickets for themselves!

*   Interesting (and surprising) is a proposed ‘Fly South African‘ policy to be implemented for travel by government officials or government-funded travel.  The officials appear to not Continue reading →