Durban-KZN HOSTS 27th TOURISM INDABA
APPROXIMATELY over 20 000 trade and tourism delegates were expected to descent to the Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC) to attend South Africa's flagship Tourism Indaba from 16-18 May 2017.
Tourism Indaba showcases and promotes the country's locaLly-manufactured content and the Durban/KwaZulu-Natal provincial landscape to the wider international audience.
Tourism KZN Chief Executive, Ndabo Khoza, hailed the Durban's magnificent hosting capabilities and ecellent standards over the past 26 consecutive years.
"Tourism Indaba remains the greatest marketing platform for the local trade and tourism offerings as it links the traders, tour operators with the international exhibitors and traders from the global stage.
"Tourism Indaba remains the greatest marketing platform for the local trade and tourism offerings as it links the traders, tour operators with the international exhibitors and traders from the global stage.
Furthermore, Tourism Indaba creates over 1 000 piece-jobs to the tertiary students and the
unemployed graduates residing within our municipality. And the hospitality industry benefits handsomely as all our establishments were normally reported fully booked during Tourism Indaba," explained Acting Deputy City Manager for the Economic Development & Planning, Phillip Sithole.
unemployed graduates residing within our municipality. And the hospitality industry benefits handsomely as all our establishments were normally reported fully booked during Tourism Indaba," explained Acting Deputy City Manager for the Economic Development & Planning, Phillip Sithole.
South African Tourism (SAT) Media & Communications Officer, Funeka Kraai, also elaborated that during the 2017 trade and tourism show SAT was expecting a huge turn-out of registered delegates that would exceed by far the international exhibitors, buyers and the foreign media contingent that attended the previous years.
Her breakdown of figures reveals that some 168 overseas reporters and over 900 exhibitors attended the 2016 edition of the trade-show held in the Durban's ICC.
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