THE South African tourism industry has welcomed the government’s decision to allow international travel after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the nation will move from Level 2 to Level 1 of the lockdown.
The country’s tourism sector has been severely affected by the Covid-19 lockdown, which saw the borders close early on in the government’s efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The Tourism Business Council CEO, Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa said in an interview with eNCA that this announcement is important to those whose livelihoods depend on international travel.
“This type of announcement is quite useful to us to be able to communicate to our international markets to say, now that the president has announced, we are ready to go back to business. Although we know that it is going to be specific countries, it is an important milestone for us and for many employees that are in the
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