2013-09-01T12:00:00 - 2013-09-30T12:00:00
Tourism Month is an annual celebration held in September to focus on the importance of tourism to the economy of South Africa.
The Department of Tourism leads the celebrations with a number of events.
A new domestic tourism marketing campaign: Nothing’s More Fun than a Sho’t Left that emphasises the fun of a domestic leisure getaway, and that encourages South Africans to take short breaks.
Nothing’s More Fun than a Sho’t Left brings the fun back to travel. It reminds South Africans that taking a holiday, even for a night or two, gives benefits that endure: great memories, quality time with loved ones, well-deserved escapes from dull routine, and a chance to experience new places, new people and new things.
The campaign also offers a number of holiday packages: deals that have been engineered in partnership with South African Tourism’s travel trade partners to deliver the fun, easy, accessible and affordable holidays that Nothing’s More Fun than a Sho’t Left promises.
Tourism South Africa has more information on tourism in South Africa.
Tourism authorities in the provinces
- The Eastern Cape Parks & Tourism Agency (ECPTA)
- Free State Tourism
- Gauteng Tourism Authority
- Kingdom of the Zulu (KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Authority)
- Limpopo Tourism and Parks
- North West Province Parks and Tourism Board
- Northern Cape Tourism
- Western Cape Tourism
Government blogs
- Relive, experience the history of South Africa, 11 September 2013
Other links
- Speeches, statements and events
- SA Government News Agency on tourism
- Vuk'uzenele article on Tourism Month (Putting the fun back into tourism, September 2013 edition)
- Tourism and travel links
- World Tourism Day
- Department of Tourism
