SOUTH AFRICA: Township Tourism At Indaba

The Gauteng Tourism Sector Strategy will promote township tourism experiences at Indaba 2016.

“Gauteng Tourism has run programmes to identify Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which show the potential to uplift the Township share of the provincial tourism economy, resulting in the unveiling at tourism Indaba 2016 of some very exciting new tourism talent,” said Gauteng Tourism CEO, Siphiwe Ngwenya.

At the Tourism SME Indaba in Kliptown in Gauteng, South Africa, and with the help of the Satsa, Ngwenya says the organisation was able to identify promising SMEs. “We are bringing them to Indaba with the dual purpose of exposing them to the industry as well as of honing and developing their finer marketing skills to make them indelibly imbedded in future tourism marketing offerings.”

“I would also love the opportunity to make people realise the immense range of activities and specialist offerings which are available in Gauteng,” says young entrepreneur Mpho Mache, the founder of Tshuku Tours, one of the participating SMEs.

Gauteng Tourism will also promote the Gauteng events calendar, the Gauteng Signature Collection and the Gauteng Travel Guide APP showcase at Indaba 2016.