This week’s comment comes from CEO of Harvest Group Management, Adrienne Harris, who commented on the article around the South African government’s alleged plan to ignore tourism in plan to reopen economy.

“I think we need to be rational about this. At this stage, who is going to travel? If our businesses do not have the income, there is no benefit except for increasing the risk of transmission. That being said, I believe that there are parts of the industry where travel should be counted as an essential service - hotels and food outlets that provide facilities to those in other essential services, e.g. supply chains, merchandisers, producers. There are many types of business transactions that cannot be undertaken remotely. Our products and services that fit into this category should be opened up.”

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