Patricia de Lille wants ‘tourism cops’ to protect visitors

Tourism is the goose that lays the golden egg, but crime is strangling it, says white paper

13 October 2024 - 00:04

The department of tourism has called for the establishment of a specialised policing unit dedicated to tourist protection following a spate of murders and robberies of foreign visitors in recent years...

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