Transformation Strategy For The Tourism Sector

September 20, 2018

The tourism sector is one of the few sectors in South Africa that continues to grow economically and globally despite the recent economic challenges. The tourism sector is one of the six core pillars of growth in the country according to the New Growth Path Frame and the National Development Plan. The Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP2) identified the sector as one of the areas that contributes to the development of areas of potential such as rural areas and cultural industries amongst others. Although the performance of this sector is encouraging, the sector should not rest on the successes, due to the fact that South Africa’s tourism resources have much greater potential still to be unlocked

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Musafir.com is a premium-experience travel website. We offer flights to over 3,000 destinations, hotel stays in over 85,000 properties around the world, holiday experiences and much more. The word musafir (pronounced moo-saa-fir) means “traveler” and we at musafir.com live by three promises to all our travelers in everything we do – great choice, no-nonsense convenience and a premium experience Musafir.com was founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani, Sachin Gadoya and Albert Dias in August 2007.

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