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==Challenges faced by South African Tourism==
==Challenges faced by South African Tourism==
Chinese tourists are considered to be a lucrative market, but South African Tourism has struggled to attract them due to the high crime rate and
Chinese tourists are considered to be a lucrative market, but SA Tourism has struggled to attract them due to the high crime rate and
complicated [[visa policy of South Africa]]. <ref>{{ cite news|url=https://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/sa-tourism-must-not-create-cheap-image-20181117|title=SA tourism 'must not create cheap image'|accessdate=7 December 2018|work=Fin24}}</ref><ref>{{ cite news|url=https://www.indaba-southafrica.co.za/news/INDABA-2018-new-exhibition-company-appointed.aspx|title=New Exhibition Company appointed to manage South African Tourism’s key strategic events - Meetings Africa and Africa’s Travel Indaba|accessdate=7 December 2018|work=indaba-southafrica}}</ref> South African authorities require an unabridged birth certificate for the child and a letter of consent from both parents which has discouraged some international visitors and negatively impacted tour operator business in South Africa. <ref>{{ cite news|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2023216/visa-travails-still-crippling-sa-tourism-travel-agencies/|title=The minister of home affairs’ failure to scrap the controversial visa requirements for children is ‘ruining SA’s reputation as a tourist destination’.|accessdate=10 December 2018|work=The Citizen}}</ref> Additionally, airlines that allow ineligible passengers to fly into South Africa, incur severe penalties where they are compelled to pay for the return fare of the passengers.<ref>{{ cite news|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2023216/visa-travails-still-crippling-sa-tourism-travel-agencies/|title=The minister of home affairs’ failure to scrap the controversial visa requirements for children is ‘ruining SA’s reputation as a tourist destination’.|accessdate=10 December 2018|work=The Citizen}}</ref> The [[Institute for Security Studies]], said it was becoming increasingly difficult to market the country as more and more people emigrate to countries like [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] due to the crime rate in addition to numerous tourists being attacked in [[Cape Town]] on [[Table Mountain]] and [[Johannesburg]].<ref>{{ cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/crime-affecting-sa-tourism-profits-14467088|title=Crime affecting SA tourism profits|accessdate=7 December 2018|work=iol}}</ref>
complicated [[visa policy of South Africa]]. <ref>{{ cite news|url=https://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/sa-tourism-must-not-create-cheap-image-20181117|title=SA tourism 'must not create cheap image'|accessdate=7 December 2018|work=Fin24}}</ref><ref>{{ cite news|url=https://www.indaba-southafrica.co.za/news/INDABA-2018-new-exhibition-company-appointed.aspx|title=New Exhibition Company appointed to manage South African Tourism’s key strategic events - Meetings Africa and Africa’s Travel Indaba|accessdate=7 December 2018|work=indaba-southafrica}}</ref> South African authorities require an unabridged birth certificate for the child and a letter of consent from both parents which has discouraged some international visitors and negatively impacted tour operator business in South Africa. <ref>{{ cite news|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2023216/visa-travails-still-crippling-sa-tourism-travel-agencies/|title=The minister of home affairs’ failure to scrap the controversial visa requirements for children is ‘ruining SA’s reputation as a tourist destination’.|accessdate=10 December 2018|work=The Citizen}}</ref> Additionally, airlines that allow ineligible passengers to fly into South Africa, incur severe penalties where they are compelled to pay for the return fare of the passengers.<ref>{{ cite news|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2023216/visa-travails-still-crippling-sa-tourism-travel-agencies/|title=The minister of home affairs’ failure to scrap the controversial visa requirements for children is ‘ruining SA’s reputation as a tourist destination’.|accessdate=10 December 2018|work=The Citizen}}</ref> The [[Institute for Security Studies]], said it was becoming increasingly difficult to market the country as more and more people emigrate to countries like [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] due to the crime rate in addition to numerous tourists being attacked in [[Cape Town]] on [[Table Mountain]] and [[Johannesburg]].<ref>{{ cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/crime-affecting-sa-tourism-profits-14467088|title=Crime affecting SA tourism profits|accessdate=7 December 2018|work=iol}}</ref>


Revision as of 02:31, 11 December 2018

South African Tourism
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of South Africa
HeadquartersBojanala House, Sandton, Gauteng
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Sisa Ntshona, Chief Executive Officer
Websitewww.southafrica.net

Background of organisation

South African Tourism (frequently shortened to SA Tourism) is the official national marketing agency of the South African government, with the goal of promoting Tourism in South Africa both locally and globally. [1][2] SA Tourism hosts, "The Tourism Indaba", held in Durban, a Tourist attraction in South Africa annually which is one of the top three tourism marketing events on the global calendar and the largest in Africa attracting thousands of delegates, visitors and media representatives from across the globe.[3] SA Tourism has an office located in Victoria, London, the United Kingdom (UK) where it is responsible for marketing South Africa's tourists destinations to the UK and Ireland in both leisure and tourism. [4] The organisation's objectives are to develop and implement marketing strategies that promote South Africa around the globe. [5]

Governance structure

The Minister of Tourism appoints the Chief Executive Officer who is then submitted to the Cabinet of South Africa for approval [6] The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for steering the mandate and all operations of the government's official Destination Marketing Organisation’s head office and its national offices. [7] Additionally, the SA Tourism board of directors is appointed by the Minister of Tourism also to be approved by the Cabinet of South Africa. [8] The management team of SA Tourism is known as the executive committee (EXCO). It consists of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Quality Assurance officer (CQAO) and the newly added position of the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). [9][10]

The Lilizela Tourism Awards

The Lilizela Tourism Awards, an annual awards' ceremony held in recognition of the top South African leisure and holiday service providers is hosted by SA Tourism. [11] The Lilizela Awards are the largest and only countrywide celebration of tourism excellence in South Africa. [12] Previous winners of the Lilizela Tourism Awards include, Birds of Eden, the world's largest free flight aviary and bird sanctuary, located near Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa.

South African Tourism success

According to Statistics South Africa, in 2017, one in every 22 employed people in South Africa were working in the tourism sector, totalling 722 013 individuals accounting for 4,5% of the 16,2 million people in South Africa’s workforce.[13] Furthermore President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2017 State of the Nation Address (South Africa) stated that tourism provided South Africa great opportunities and was performing better than the other industries.[14]

Challenges faced by South African Tourism

Chinese tourists are considered to be a lucrative market, but SA Tourism has struggled to attract them due to the high crime rate and complicated visa policy of South Africa. [15][16] South African authorities require an unabridged birth certificate for the child and a letter of consent from both parents which has discouraged some international visitors and negatively impacted tour operator business in South Africa. [17] Additionally, airlines that allow ineligible passengers to fly into South Africa, incur severe penalties where they are compelled to pay for the return fare of the passengers.[18] The Institute for Security Studies, said it was becoming increasingly difficult to market the country as more and more people emigrate to countries like Australia and New Zealand due to the crime rate in addition to numerous tourists being attacked in Cape Town on Table Mountain and Johannesburg.[19]

In September of 2018, The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) council called for the government to regulate Airbnb rental sites as they pose a threat to the viability of conventional lodging providers such as hotels.[20] This sentiment was also echored by the CEO of SA Tourism Sisa Ntshona who pointed out Airbnb, Uber, and Lyf as the new face of the sharing economy but suggested for fairness between these new players and conventional service providers. [21]

Derek Hanekom - Minister of Tourism

In the media

SA Tourism as a Destination marketing organization has emphasised the need for South Africa to be viewed as a "value-for money destination" instead of a "cheap destination" [22] At the 2018 World Travel Market in London SA Tourism stated that the South Africa had to be different as lose of customers to reflect negatively on the country's reputation.[23]

In academia

SA Tourism has been portrayed in a Doctor of Philosophy Thesis by Dr Tinashe Chuchu titled, Destination marketing: a study into international airport service experience, destination image and intention to revisit South Africa published by the University of the Witwatersrand.[24] In 2001, Academics, Prof Leyland Pitt, Michael Ewing, Julie Napoli based at Curtin University of Technology collaborated with Pierre Berthon from University of Bath and Clive Wynne from the University of Cape Town to study the impact of the internet on the South African Tourism industry[25]

References

  1. ^ "Cabinet appoints new SA Tourism Board". Daily Southern & East African Tourism Update. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. ^ "South African Tourism". National Government of South Africa. Retrieved Dec 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Welcome to INDABA 2011". Indaba South African. Retrieved Dec 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "South African Tourism Board". Business Events Africa. Retrieved Dec 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "South African Tourism". National Government of South Africa. Retrieved Dec 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "New CEO of SA Tourism appointed". Daily Southern & East African Tourism Update. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. ^ "The Hotel Show Africa". Sisa Ntshona. Retrieved Dec 10, 2018.
  8. ^ "Cabinet appoints new SA Tourism Board". Daily Southern & East African Tourism Update. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. ^ "SA Tourism appoints Chief Strategy Officer". Business Events Africa. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  10. ^ "People on the move: SAT appoints new Chief Strategy Officer". Daily Southern & East African Tourism Update. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Here's how the people who are making SA more welcoming are recognised". News 24. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. ^ "SA Tourism appoints Chief Strategy Officer". Business Events Africa. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Tourism jobs grow despite sluggish economy". www.statssa.gov.za. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  14. ^ "Tourism jobs grow despite sluggish economy". www.statssa.gov.za. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  15. ^ "SA tourism 'must not create cheap image'". Fin24. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  16. ^ "New Exhibition Company appointed to manage South African Tourism's key strategic events - Meetings Africa and Africa's Travel Indaba". indaba-southafrica. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  17. ^ "The minister of home affairs' failure to scrap the controversial visa requirements for children is 'ruining SA's reputation as a tourist destination'". The Citizen. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  18. ^ "The minister of home affairs' failure to scrap the controversial visa requirements for children is 'ruining SA's reputation as a tourist destination'". The Citizen. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Crime affecting SA tourism profits". iol. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft - why regulations are necessary - SA Tourism". 702. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft - why regulations are necessary - SA Tourism". 702. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  22. ^ "SA tourism 'must not create cheap image'". Fin24. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  23. ^ "How SA should handle its branding - SA Tourism CEO". Fin24. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Tinashe Chuchu (2017), Destination marketing: a study into international airport service experience, destination image and intention to revisit South Africa". wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  25. ^ "Clive Wynne, Pierre Berthon, Leyland Pitt, Michael Ewing, Julie Napoli, (2001) "The impact of the Internet on the distribution value chain: The case of the South African tourism industry", International Marketing Review, Vol. 18 Issue: 4, pp.420-431". wwww.emeraldinsight.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
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