Category Archives: #gamechanger
When I met Dupré Lombaard, a professional planner, soon after he took up his position as Stellenbosch municipality’s executive director of economic development & tourism, he started our meeting by saying how fortunate he had been at his first professional … Continue reading
Not all towns are tourism towns and some towns will never become tourism towns. I first mentioned the need for towns to be categorised in “Tourism will never be Helen Zille’s game-changer until there are lots of changes.” In response … Continue reading
Tulbagh’s Church Street must be the most beautiful street in South Africa. Devastated by an earthquake in 1969, it was painstakingly restored and the 32 buildings comprise the largest concentration of National Monuments in a single street in South Africa, all of … Continue reading
They are the catalysts that can lead to significant changes — and for the purposes of this blog, we’re exploring how tourism can become a far bigger industry, providing many more meaningful, upwardly-mobile jobs, very quickly. There are people and … Continue reading
Dear Derek, The Tourism Indaba which opens in Durban tomorrow will be your first as Minister of Tourism. You could make it a game-changing Indaba if you announced your intention to introduce a Tourism Charter, which the mayors of all … Continue reading
In 2012, I interviewed the local manager of Stanford, part of the Overstrand (Hermanus) municipality. I never published the interview because it was such an embarrassment. I did share the content with Overstrand’s mayor — who just sat with her … Continue reading
Municipalities around South Africa are wasting millions of rands promoting themselves and killing tourism in the process. No-one gives a damn about what municipal area they are visiting – and why should they? If you visit a tourism trade show … Continue reading
