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SATSA corrects erroneous media reports surrounding animal interaction guidelines

Media reports suggesting that SATSA plans to implement a blanket ban on animal interactions as of July 2020 are erroneous.  Rather, the animal interaction...

Toward ethical animal interactions in Southern Africa

A refreshingly practical guide to evaluating captive wildlife attractions and activities was released on 31 October following extensive research undertaken by SATSA, which represents South Africa’s...

SATSA and SA Tourism lead carbon offsetting initiative

SATSA and South African Tourism (SA Tourism) have launched a carbon offsetting initiative to create awareness about the need to reduce the tourism industry’s carbon footprint. The...

Tourism needs to react to the realities of 2019 or risk...

“If my children were dying from starvation, I would be first in line to poach, and if we’re honest, so would any of us.”...

SATSA Conference delegates welcome visa news

For more on this story, also read: Visa-free travel to SA. But when? The news that seven countries have been added to the visa waiver list...

SATSA Conference to host emerging businesses

The Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) and South African Tourism (SA Tourism) are ensuring that there will be a strong focus on, and participation by...

SATSA launches Online Public Consultation on Animal Interaction in the tourism...

“The voice against tourism experiences that include animal interactions has grown louder and louder and this has impacted on how South Africa is being perceived as...

David Frost appointed to board of South African Tourism

Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) CEO David Frost has been appointed by Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom, to the board of South African Tourism...

We want Unabridged Birth Certificates Scrapped SATSA Ceo David Frost

The Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) says the amended regulations published in Government Gazette No. 10177 (dated 29 November 2018) around the requirement...

Fresh calls to review Unabridged Birth Certificate regulations following minister Gigaba’s...

South Africa’s Travel Industry, represented by the Association of Southern African Travel Agents (ASATA) and its tourism sector, represented by the Southern African Tourism...