Chinese govt favours SA for travel groups - thanks to Covid-19 tests not being enforced | Business

Charles Wang, product and marketing manager of Walk Through Africa Tours, based in Johannesburg, says not imposing mandatory Covid-19 testing will help to bring more Chinese tourists to SA.

"It is more than exciting to know that China has selected SA among the first countries where agency-organised traveling will be allowed again. We feel it is an unparalleled opportunity for the SA tourism industry," says Wang. Johan Groenewald, managing director of Royal African Discoveries, which specialises in bringing tourists from Asia to SA, says not requiring negative Covid-19 tests from Chinese tourists will likely contribute to SA being chosen as a travel destination. At the same time, SA should not expect a sudden influx of"hordes of Chinese tourists," in his view.

During the pandemic, because no Chinese tourists were coming to SA due to their lockdown, some travel agencies focusing on the Chinese market had to close their doors. Many Chinese tourists do not speak English and use Mandarin-speaking tour guides. Many of these tour guides have either returned to China or found alternative work during the pandemic. The infrastructure able to cater to Chinese tourists in SA, therefore, needs to be re-established, according to Groenewald.

Minister of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu told News24 that China and the rest of Asia are tourism target markets for SA.

_Business Of course South Africa is in huge debt to China… they kinda own SA… SA has served their handler well!

_Business China and the US, who has the highest number of infection and deaths from C19? It's by far the United States. It must definitely be the first nation to be barred into South Africa.

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