North West to showcase its Tourism products at Africa’s Travel Indaba
The North West Department of Tourism and its Tourism Board will lead a high profile delegation of Tourism product owners to market the province at this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba, which will take place from 2nd to the 4th of May at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Center in Durban.
Africa’s Travel Indaba is one of the largest marketing events on the African calendar, and one of the top three “must visit” events of its kind on the global calendar. Being an established tourism spectacle, it showcases the widest variety of African best tourism products and attracts international buyers and media from across the world. It brings together a showcase of Southern African tourism products and services for the international travel trade and offers travel buyers an unrivaled platform to do one-on-one business with the cream of the African leisure tourism industry players.
The North West Province Stand hosts 18 exhibitors with a wide range of product owners, who include tour operators, game lodges, luxury accommodations establishments and essential tourism services, such as travel agents, who are business ready and well positioned to showcase at Africa's largest and best travel trade show. The Tourism Board also ensures market access by Emerging Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME’s) within the tourism sector in the province, by making sure that SMME’s are afforded an opportunity to be exposed to international marketing platforms to showcase their products and services.
As part of the 2019 Indaba side events, the Department and the Tourism Board will host the National Tourism Careers Expo (NTCE) Business Networking Session, on the 3rd of May, together with key partners, i.e. National Department of Tourism and CATHSSETA, for relevant stakeholders. Among others, the networking session has been decided upon to create a platform for the review of the 2018 NTCE, which was held for the first time in the North West Province. The NTCE will be hosted in the North West until 2020 and will be handed over to the next successful bidder.
Last year over 7 000 delegates attended from 80 countries, with a buyer profile that included inbound tour operators, foreign travel agents, airlines, destination marketing companies, on-line booking companies and transport services.
For enquiries
Dineo Lolokwane (NWDOT Spokesperson)
Cell: 072 542 8444
Tel: 018 388 2081
Email: dlolokwane@nwpg.gov.za
