By Simon Nare
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has rejected suggestions that the country’s tourism industry is in crisis, despite South African Tourism (SAT) being plagued by leadership gaps, irregularities, and an ongoing legal battle with its dissolved board.
De Lille told the National Assembly during an oral reply session on Wednesday that the sector remained stable and that she was working closely with the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA).
Speaking virtually from a venue where the TBCSA leadership was holding a conference, she said: “There is absolutely no crisis in tourism. The Tourism Business Council in a letter written to me have given their full support to the department of tourism to continue to work together to focus on the tourism growth partnership plan that we have all adopted.
“We have already had our first execution lap of the implementation programme and the issue of the TOMSA
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