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Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has called on South Africans to explore their own country and experience the variety, beauty and world-class service that draws millions of international tourists here every year.South Africans, explore your country! ... Read more

Table Mountain’s status as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature is official, following confirmation of the results of New7Wonders’ global voting process by an international audit.Table Mountain’s 7 Wonder status official ... Read more

South African Airways has launched a new service between Johannesburg and Maun, Botswana – gateway to the world-famous Okavango Delta – as the continent’s most awarded airline continues to grow its African network.SAA opens way to Okavango Delta ... Read more

South African Airways’ new route to Pointe-Noire in the Congo will now include Cotonou in Benin, the fifth new African destination that the airline has introduced since October as it moves to expand its network on the continent. Cotonou joins SAA’s African network ... Read more

Over eight-million tourists visited South Africa in 2011 – a 3.3% increase over the 2010 World Cup year that would, if football-specific arrivals were not counted, have amounted to a 7.4% increase over 2010, well ahead of the global average.Tourists keep flocking to South Africa ... Read more

Already well loved by local and international tourists, the town of Wupperthal in the Cederberg mountains of the Western Cape now boasts a new, community-driven offering – the Cederberg Donkey Cart Route. Cederberg donkey cart route to new jobs ... Read more

Once feared as a criminals’ haven, downtown Johannesburg’s restored buildings, flowing fountains and sidewalk art are attracting an unusual breed of tourist – local pedestrians.Rediscovering downtown Johannesburg ... Read more

Cape Town and Table Mountain work their magic on a group of journalists from the United Arab Emirates, visiting the country as guests of Brand South Africa.Journalists marvel at Table Mountain ... Read more

South Africa is fast becoming one of the world’s favourite destinations for big events, meetings, conferences and exhibitions, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk told delegates at the 2012 Meetings Africa expo in Johannesburg.South Africa ‘event destination of choice’ ... Read more

South African Airways has made its first non-stop flight to China. A specially branded SAA Airbus A340-600 landed in Beijing on Wednesday morning, opening up a strategic transport route between Asia, Africa and South America.SAA makes first non-stop flight to China ... Read more

South Africa’s world-renowned events and lifestyle offerings have proven to strike a chord with the Indian traveller who is eager to experience a unique and varied destination with a wide range of choices to suit every budget, says Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.SA looks to grow Indian tourism market ... Read more

The Villa Zest Boutique Hotel in the Cape Town suburb of Greenpoint has been voted the trendiest hotel in the world in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice 2012 Best Hotels Awards.Cape Town hotel voted world’s trendiest ... Read more

The deployment of 350 newly trained immigration officers at OR Tambo International Airport over the festive season was an overwhelming success, says Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni.New immigration officers make a mark ... Read more

South African Airways is gearing up for its inaugural non-stop flight to China. An SAA Airbus A340-600, specially branded in honour of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, will leave OR Tambo International on 31 January, arriving in Beijing on 1 February.SAA set for inaugural Beijing flight ... Read more

Helped on by being provisionally named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, Cape Town’s Table Mountain drew a record number of visitors in December, with 116 ... Read more

South African Airways will start flying non-stop from Johannesburg to Beijing, China, three times a week from January next year, in line with the carrier’s strategy to expand its network to Asia.SA Airways to fly non-stop to Beijing ... Read more

South Africa’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden was established in 1913 as the first botanic garden in the world dedicated to preserving a country’s indigenous plant life. Now, National Geographic has named Cape Town’s floral jewel as one of the world’s top picnic spots.Kirstenbosch on world’s best picnics list ... Read more

Eco-tourism in South Africa’s winelands is thriving, with visitors to the Western Cape increasingly as interested in exploring the wealth of eco-tourism activities on offer as they are in sampling the region’s famous wines.Eco-tourism in South Africa’s winelands ... Read more

South African hospitality group Singita Game Reserves is now firmly at the top of the industry after walking off with the honours in the 2011 US Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards readers’ survey.SA’s Singita scoops top travel award ... Read more

As punters and socialites prepare to descend on Durban for the Vodacom Durban July at Greyville Racecourse on Saturday, KwaZulu-Natal is anticipating a cash injection of around R500-million directly related to the 114-year-old race day.Durban July boost for KZN tourism ... Read more

If you’re into paragliding or hang gliding, South Africa has a real treat in store for you. From the amazing thermals of the hot Northern Cape to the fantastic ridge soar and scenic flying of the coastal provinces … the sky is the limit!Paragliding in South Africa ... Read more

Airline flights would be delayed throughout the week as a backlog of suspended flights caused by ash clouds from a volcano in Chile still had to be cleared, Airports Company South Africa says.Volcanic ash delays SA flights ... Read more

Visitors can relive South Africa’s turbulent history by walking the route that protesting Soweto school students took on 16 June 1976 – the day that marked the beginning of the end for the apartheid regime. The entire path has been declared a heritage trail. On the trail of the 16 June ’76 students ... Read more

KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife is teaming up with low-fare airline kulula.com to boost domestic tourism by offering travel packages that include flights, car hire and visits to prime game reserves in South Africa’s all-year-round holiday province.KZN, kulula.com push domestic tourism ... Read more

KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife is teaming up with low fare airline kulula.com to boost local tourism within the country, by offering travel packages that include flights, car hire and visits to prime game and nature reserves in Kwa-Zulu Natal.KZN Wildlife, kulula.com push local tourism ... Read more

Cape Town is one of the 15 most bike-friendly destinations in the world, according to a CNN feature on 15 cities around the world “where drivers use all five fingers when they wave at you”.Cape Town a top 15 bicycle-friendly city ... Read more

Hilton Hotels & Resorts has opened the 137-room Hilton Cape Town City Centre, its first property in Cape Town and its third in South Africa. “Cape Town is a destination our guests have been asking for,” the global hospitality leader said.Hilton Cape Town makes it three ... Read more

South African winemaker Vergelegen Estate has received several accolades in the critically acclaimed International Wine Cellar journal, with eight of its 11 wines being awarded a score of at least 90 points, based on the US 100-point scoring system.SA winemaker scores in top journal ... Read more

Johannesburg’s outgoing mayor, Amos Masondo, led a tour to many of the city’s more striking landmarks, stopping at places of historic, cultural and political significance, including Constitution Hill, Walter Sisulu Square, the Hector Pieterson Memorial, the Soweto Theatre and Lilesleaf Farm.Touring Joburg’s landmarks and icons ... Read more

Emirates Airlines is to use its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft on a daily service between Dubai and Johannesburg from 1 October onwards, to cater for the increasing number of South African travellers flying with the airline. It becomes the second airline to fly the giant plane to South Africa, after Air France.Emirates to fly ‘superjumbo’ to Joburg ... Read more

Airline operator Comair and the Dube TradePort Corporation have struck up a partnership that will see the introduction of flights between Durban and London as well as other African destinations, and the building of a business-class lounge and aircraft maintenance facility at the King Shaka International Airport.King Shaka Airport spreads its wings ... Read more

The Big Five Marathon, which takes place in South Africa’s Limpopo province every June, offers competitors the amazing experience of running a marathon in a game reserve that features Africa’s “Big Five” wild animals.Big Five Marathon a wild challenge ... Read more

Mango is set to launch weekday flights between Lanseria International Airport and Cape Town, making it the second low-cost carrier to operate flights out of the airport north-west of Johannesburg.Mango to fly Lanseria-Cape Town ... Read more

Cape Town has come out tops on TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice 2011 Destinations Awards, after the travel and tourism website’s users chose the Mother City as the world’s best tourism destination, ahead of other notable cities, including Barcelona, London, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Sydney.TripAdvisor users vote Cape Town tops ... Read more

Grapevine Interactive, a mobile services firm, has launched a free mobile internet site for Cape Town metro train users of the Southern and Northern lines.Cape Town train times on your mobile ... Read more

South Africa’s three major international airports, OR Tambo International, Cape Town International and King Shaka International, scored a treble at the 2011 Skytrax World Airport Awards, being named the top three airports in Africa.SA home to three best airports in Africa ... Read more

Comair, the operator of British Airways in southern Africa and low-fare airline kulula.com, is expanding its African network by launching flights from Johannesburg’s Lanseria Airport to Maputo in Mozambique and Gaborone in Botswana.Comair to fly Joburg-Maputo, Gaborone ... Read more

The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is one of the jewels of South Africa’s coastline, with a unique mosaic of ecosystems – swamps, lakes, beaches, coral reefs, wetlands, woodlands, coastal forests and grasslands – supporting an astounding diversity of animal, bird and marine life.iSimangaliso Wetland Park ... Read more

Businessmen Mzoli Ngcawuzele and Lungile Mbalo from Mzoli’s Place have hired the Soweto Wine Festival organising team to launch the first Guguletu Wine Festival, taking place on the rooftop of the Guguletu Square Mall in Cape Town on 27 and 28 May.Wine Festival comes to Guguletu ... Read more

The Cape Floral Region, one of South Africa’s eight World Heritage sites, comprises eight protected areas stretching from the Cape Peninsula to the Eastern Cape, cutting across spectacular mountain and ocean scenery and containing some of the richest plant biodiversity in the world.The Cape Floral Region ... Read more

Cape Town International Airport has been named Africa’s best airport in the Airports Council International’s latest global awards. Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International was ranked third and Durban’s King Shaka International fourth on the continent.Cape Town airport the best in Africa ... Read more

South Africa recorded a remarkable 15% increase in tourist arrivals to the country in 2010 – outperforming the global average by 8%. And while the Fifa World Cup in June and July played a role in the increase, tourist arrivals were buoyant all year round.More tourists flock to South Africa ... Read more

Stellenbosch in the Western Cape has been given the prestigious Wine Town of the Year Award for 2011 by the influential Swedish wine club Munskankarna, the first time this honour has gone to a wine region outside of the European Union.Swedish wine award for Stellenbosch ... Read more

South African Airways passengers will soon be able to fly non-stop to New York – a move that will also ensure faster and more efficient transfer to other popular US destinations.SAA to fly non-stop to New York ... Read more

Situated in the Madikwe game reserve three hours north-west of Johannesburg, Buffalo Ridge is a luxurious lodge that can accommodate up to 16 guests – but what sets it apart from other five-star lodges is that it is wholly owned by the Balete people of Lekgophung, who live near the Botswana border.Responsible tourism at Buffalo Ridge ... Read more

South African low-fare airline kulula.com has launched an online check-in service which allows travellers using certain flights to print boarding passes in the comfort of their home or office before heading off to the airport.Kulula.com launches online check-ins ... Read more

South Africa’s popular cream and marula spirit, Amarula, debuted in sixth place in a recent poll of the world’s hottest bar brands by respected global publication Drinks International. Amarula one of world’s top 10 liqueurs ... Read more

Did you know that Table Mountain has more plant species than the British Isles? Or that the Drakensberg has both the highest mountain range in Africa south of Kilimanjaro and the continent’s richest concentration of rock art? South Africa is home to eight Unesco World Heritage sites, places of “outstanding value to humanity”.World heritage in South Africa ... Read more

South Africa offers 3 000 kilometres of coastline along with breathtaking mountains – often side by side. The country’s diverse terrain, together with an ideal climate for outdoor activities, make it a rich hunting ground for adrenaline seekers.South Africa: adventure heaven! ... Read more

Chris Thurman visits Exeter River Lodge in the Sabi Sand private game reserve in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, and has a bush experience different to any that he’s enjoyed before.On the trail of the Big Five ... Read more