The tourism industry is lobbying for its front-line workers to be prioritised in the second phase of the vaccination rollout to reassure travellers of their safety.

South Africa is part of a subtropical zone located on the southernmost point of the African continent and can be divided into nine provinces.

 South Africa is pinning its hopes on tourism for an economic recovery.

The impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the R270bn tourism sector has been devastating throughout the industry's value chain, however, there is an opportunity to speed up the recovery of the sector if government can speed up its very slow approval processes and put in place measures to ensure that land reform beneficiaries, especially in the tourism sector, have the much-needed technical and financial support.

In March 26, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he was closing the country’s borders and shutting down tourism to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Kayla Wilkens thought of only one thing: How was she going to feed the elephants?

Wildlife tourism is a major source of income and livelihood for many rural communities across southern Africa. But it also presents a potential threat to water resources.