NEW VISA REGULATIONS FOR NEW ZEALAND
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NEW VISA REGULATIONS FOR NEW ZEALAND
South African travellers to New Zealand will require a visitor visa from 21 November 2016. Travellers are advised to apply for a visa at least six weeks before their intended date of travel. South Africans transiting in New Zealand will need to apply for a transit visa before they travel, unless they are going to Australia and already have a visa for that country.
THE BUSINESS OF WINE AND FOOD TOURISM CONFERENCE
South Africa ' s inaugural The Business of Wine and Food Tourism Conference to be held at Spier Wine Farm in the Western Cape in early November will be opened by the Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom. He will present his new national wine tourism strategy, as developed from the South African Wine Industry strategic exercise( WISE), at the two-day conference, alongside Tim Harris, CEO Wesgro, who will be speaking on the business of tourism in the Western Cape. The conference will also feature international and local experts, who will share their knowledge on various aspects of regional food and wine travel. It marks the first time that industry players and government from national and provincial level will come together to discuss the promotion of South Africa as an international wine and food tourism destination.
ACSA TO CUT TARIFFS COME 2017
Airlines and travellers will applaud the 35 % decrease in ACSA’ s tariffs in the new year.“ Any decrease will reflect a corresponding decrease in the Passenger Service Charge, which will reduce the cost of an airline ticket departing from an ACSA airport. The impact on travel to, from and within South Africa will be marginal, but it’ s good news for the traveller,” says Chris Zweigenthal, CEO of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa. Meanwhile, ACSA stated that despite reporting a 20 % increase in profits to R2 billion, it expects a slump in earnings next year due to the decrease in airport tariffs.
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Blacks Do Swim( www. blacksdoswim. wordpress. com) is a fun blog documenting Hitekani Mbatsana’ s adventures as she travels to exciting destinations.“ The name came about after multiple( perplexing) conversations about travel with people commenting“ Oh, but blacks don’ t usually [ insert stereotype ].” Surprise, surprise, I’ d say, we’ re multifaceted people, who love to travel, meet people, leap outside our comfort zones at times and tell our own stories. My love for travel has seen me jump off a tower in Soweto, pray in a Buddhist temple in South Korea and road trip across my culturally rich and diverse South Africa”. The journey continues.
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