2 May 2007
Government has identified skills development as a key focus area at this
year's Tourism Indaba to be held at the Durban International Convention Centre
as from 11 to 15 May 2007.
The Tourism Indaba is an annual premier event on the tourism calendar which
provides an opportunity for tourism stakeholders to converge and showcase their
products and services.
The over-arching theme for this year's Indaba, "Building a skills
partnership for tourism development" highlights the need for partnerships with
business and stakeholders in tourism to realise the objective of skills
development in the sector. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism,
Minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk will officially open the event.
In keeping with previous years, the department will undertake activities at
Indaba as a lead government agency for tourism. The tourism Small Medium Micro
Enterprise (SMME) workshop, Global Media Face off as well as the Launch of the
SMME toolkits are the three main activities that will be hosted by the
department at this event.
All media is invited.
Enquiries:
Molefe Molamu
Cell: 082 561 6261
Issued by: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
2 May 2007
