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BL Premium reports that Cullinan Holdings CEO Michael Tollman said on Tuesday that the government was sending out the wrong message to the world in saying that international tourism would only open in March 2021.
If this became reality, the travel and tourism sector, which contributed 8.6% to GDP, would collapse, putting nearly 1.2-million jobs at risk, Tollman warned. Also, the peak holiday season from September to April would be lost. The tourism industry ground to a halt after the government closed all borders, banned local and international travel and grounded planes as it sought to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Tourism Business Council of SA has proposed the reopening of domestic tourism to be included on a phased basis under an enhanced level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown, and international tourism from September, subject to certain conditions. Under level 3, limited domestic travel for business purposes is permitted. The council has met with President Cyril Ramaphosa, the tourism minister and other ministers to plead for a date to be set for the opening of the sector so foreign and domestic tourists can make their holiday plans. It also wants the temporary employer/employee relief scheme to be extended beyond its end-June expiry date to end-December to retain jobs.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Linda Ensor at BusinessLive (paywall access only)
- Read too, Reopen tourism to ‘save what’s left of the industry’, at The Citizen
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