By Simon Nare
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille was beaming with excitement and pride at the Cape Town International Airport this weekend when she welcomed the first group of Chinese tourists who arrived through the new digital Trusted Tour Operator Scheme visa initiative.
These were the first 15 tourists from China who arrived in the country with a tour guide only a few days after their visas were processed through the new system and De Lille said this was proof how seamless the new system was.
“This was an exciting moment in this ground-breaking initiative where the TTOS is providing a faster and more seamless process for visas for travellers from India and China,” said the minister.
The two Asian countries have been identified as the target market to lure tourists to the country as the tourism industry has been picking up since the devastating Covid-19 pandemic.
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