Hospitality industry loses out as government does too little too late

Visitors flock to other African countries, but not to SA

03 April 2022 - 00:00

The government’s recent lifting of the PCR test for fully vaccinated inbound travellers is too little to significantly boost the travel industry and has come too late — meaning the country has lost another tourism season...

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