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STB appoints Lim Kean Bon as Area Director, India, South Asia, and Africa

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 11:00 AM 581

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced the appointment of Lim Kean Bon as Area Director, India, South Asia, and Africa on September 1. He will succeed Raymond Lim as the India market lead based in New Delhi, leading STB’s promotion, and travel trade engagement activities in Northern and Eastern India to sustain and grow affinity […]Continue Reading

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Tourists Are Back in Numbers, says Lindiwe Sisulu, South African Tourism Minister

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 2 September 2022, 2:36 PM 720

Lindiwe Sisulu, Tourism Minister, South Africa, said, “The South African tourism sector is poised for a tremendous bounce back and positive growth after the first half of the year (2022) figures show a staggering 147% in arrivals reaching an impressive 2,285,746.” Sisulu was speaking in Johannesburg during a media briefing where she presented the domestic […]Continue Reading

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Soaking in the endless beauty of South Africa

By Asmita Mukherjee Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 12:00 PM 10080

Asmita Mukherjee | Durban While boarding the flight from Hyderabad to start off my journey to Durban at the invitation of South African Tourism, I was bombarded with a multitude of thoughts and emotions and was getting adrenaline rushes just thinking about the time that I was going to spend over the next ten days […]Continue Reading

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Building its post-pandemic market recovery from India

By Shayan Mallick | New Delhi Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 9:30 AM 839

South Africa Tourism is eyeing at least 30,000 Indian tourist by the end of the year, a number Neliswa Nkani, Hub Head – India, Middle East and South East Asia, South Africa Tourism, is confident the NTO can deliver for the destination. According to Nkani, South Africa has already issued over 7000 Visas to Indian […]Continue Reading

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South Africa drops all Covid-19 restrictions

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 24 June 2022, 6:30 PM 822

On Wednesday evening, South Africa’s government made the decision to drop all of the country’s remaining pandemic-era restrictions, after the Presidential Coordinating Council and Cabinet determined that they’d served their purpose and were no longer needed, reports Travel Pulse. For travellers, the primary change is the removal of vaccination and testing requirements for Continue Reading

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South Africa to issue e-visas for tourists from India soon

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 10 March 2022, 3:30 PM 1191

As part of post-pandemic revival plans, South Africa will introduce e-visas for Indians to attract more tourists, business travellers and movie-makers, mainly from the south, reports TOI. Of the one lakh people who visited the African nation from India every year in pre-Covid times, 9% flew from Bengaluru. Neliswa Nkani, Hub Head of MEISEA, South […]Continue Reading