Dorine Reinstein

Dorine Reinstein

New developments planned for Durban, including hotels, a cruise terminal and new international direct flights, are expected to be prioritised following the city’s election as the host city for the Commonwealth Games.

New hotel developments and direct flights – a priority for Durban

03 Sep 2015

Mount Meru Curios and Crafts market has been entirely rebuilt and upgraded.

Tanzania tourism attraction rebuilt from the ashes

27 Aug 2015

Airport predator axed

27 Aug 2015

Air connections between South Africa and India are set to improve, following the signing of a new codeshare agreement between SAA and Jet Airways.

Better connections, cheaper flights from India in the pipeline

26 Aug 2015

Iberia is considering re-introducing direct flights to Johannesburg in either 2016 or 2017.

Iberia mulls re-introducing Madrid-Johannesburg flights

19 Aug 2015

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Tourism would like the recently introduced 15% VAT to be decreased to 5%.

Zim minister calls for tourism tax reduction

17 Aug 2015

Namibia’s top six conservancies

14 Aug 2015

A spotlight on the Skeleton Coast

14 Aug 2015

The Winelands Toll Project will cost motorists three times the cost of Gauteng’s tolls.

Winelands tolls will benefit tourism –Sanral

13 Aug 2015

Newly elected Greater Oudtshoorn Mayor, Wessie van der Westhuizen, is confident the Cango Caves will remain open, but sceptics are doubtful.

The lights will stay on at the Cango Caves – for now

05 Aug 2015

Turkish Airlines will soon be the third international airline to launch flights to Durban’s King Shaka International Airport.

Leading airline heads to Durban

31 Jul 2015

Eight trends shaping adventure tourism

27 Jul 2015

A lack of credible and timely statistical data complicates any tourism trend analysis.

SA needs better tourism stats

24 Jul 2015

The Department of Tourism needed to do more to address regulatory barriers such as new immigration regulations, a report compiled by the committee tasked with reviewing SA Tourism has suggested.

NDT should address immigration regulations – report

24 Jul 2015

The committee tasked with reviewing SA Tourism has recommended that SA Tourism should consider handing over the management of Indaba to an independent operator.

Privatise Indaba, says Review Committee

22 Jul 2015

The Cango Caves have narrowly escaped closure as a result of alleged financial mismanagement by the Oudtshoorn Municipality.

Dark days for Cango Caves

21 Jul 2015

Some great adventure ideas….

21 Jul 2015

Wildlife in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and the Hluhluwe-uMfolozi Game Reserve could become threatened if a drought in the area persists.

KZN drought could affect wildlife

13 Jul 2015

In the present form new B-BBEE codes could result in job losses for the tourism sector.

New B-BBEE codes could force business closures

08 Jul 2015

SA’s neighbours hurt by new regulations

07 Jul 2015

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