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#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

Christy Tawii 13 Jan 2025

Source: © Alphi Social media and content creation can be a lucrative activity, but the transition from full-time corporate employment to independent content creator is not easy says Sipho Alphi Mkhwanazi, who gives 10 tips to help with the transition

Digital

10 tips to pivot from corporate to full-time content creation

Sipho Alphi Mkhwanazi 8 Jan 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: Tourism & Travel

Tourism & Travel

#BestofBiz 2024: Tourism & Travel

17 Dec 2024

Time Out is launching in South Africa on 1 December

Media

Time Out is launching in South Africa on 1 December

Issued by Kagiso Media Radio 29 Nov 2024

Infrastructure challenges are affecting our tourism industry – the repercussions are huge

Tourism

Infrastructure challenges are affecting our tourism industry – the repercussions are huge

Bongani Mthombeni 22 Nov 2024

Key trends defining the future of African hospitality in 2025

Hospitality

Key trends defining the future of African hospitality in 2025

19 Nov 2024

Sanlam, SanParks expand SMME support to Garden Route and Addo parks

Tourism

Sanlam, SanParks expand SMME support to Garden Route and Addo parks

19 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Daniel Trappler, senior director – development sub-Sahara Africa at Radisson Hotel Group (RHG).

Retail & Hospitality Property

The future of African hospitality: Investment, innovation and strategic partnerships

2 Sep 2024

A lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats, maintained for tourist entertainment in Brits, North West Province, in South Africa, 26 August 2024. Reuters/Sisipho Skweyiya

Environment & Natural Resources

South African lion breeders face uncertain future after ban

Sfundo Parakozov and Sisipho Skweyiya 2 Sep 2024

SA's first desert botanical garden opens at Richtersveld

Tourism

SA's first desert botanical garden opens at Richtersveld

29 Aug 2024

Advertising

TotalEnergies SA ad ruled 'misleading' by ARB

Karabo Ledwaba 19 Aug 2024

SanParks announces free entry for national parks week

Tourism

SanParks announces free entry for national parks week

20 Aug 2024

Source: Archive

Tourism

Tourism budget speech highlights economic and job growth

18 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

The growing demand for homes in wildlife estates

16 Jul 2024

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Tourism

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Kaitano Dube 12 Jul 2024

Source: Kruger National Park

Tourism

Limpopo Tourism launches 'Warm Wild Winter' campaign

18 Jun 2024

A government proposal to drop some statutory safeguards for the Kruger National Park has raised the alarm among some experts. Photos: John Yeld

Environment & Natural Resources

New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards 'at risk'

John Yeld 31 May 2024

Exploring SanParks’ 30-year eco-tourism and commercialisation journey

Tourism

Exploring SanParks’ 30-year eco-tourism and commercialisation journey

22 May 2024

Why 2024 will be the year of tourism FDI in South Africa

Tourism

Why 2024 will be the year of tourism FDI in South Africa

Clinton Thom 27 Mar 2024

SanParks sees surge in visitor numbers during 2023/24 tourism season

Tourism

SanParks sees surge in visitor numbers during 2023/24 tourism season

13 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Royal gems: Top 5 Airbnbs across South African borders

5 Mar 2024

File photo: Black rhinos, one of the world's endangered animals, are seen at a farm outside Klerksdorp, in the north west province, South Africa, 24 February 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino poaching in South Africa increases in 2023

Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya 27 Feb 2024

SanParks: Public consultation opens for Robben Island Marine Protected Area

Tourism

SanParks: Public consultation opens for Robben Island Marine Protected Area

8 Feb 2024

Image: Shan Radcliffe

Environment & Natural Resources

Communities urged to engage Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan

22 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: Tourism & Travel

Travel

#BestofBiz 2023: Tourism & Travel

19 Dec 2023

Source: Archive

Tourism

Tourism safety monitors deployed for peak summer holiday period

13 Dec 2023

Image: Officials inspect the carcass of an elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 7 December 2023, Reuters/Nyasha Chigono

Environment & Natural Resources

Dozens of Zimbabwe elephants die as climate change dries up Hwange park

Nyasha Chingono 8 Dec 2023

2023 Kudu Awards winners revealed

Tourism

2023 Kudu Awards winners revealed

4 Dec 2023

SanParks to enhance visitor experiences with R700m boost

Tourism

SanParks to enhance visitor experiences with R700m boost

28 Nov 2023

Image source: Jean van der Meulen from

Environment & Natural Resources

Initiative seeks to combat alien species

20 Nov 2023

South Africa unveils comprehensive tourism safety initiatives

Tourism

South Africa unveils comprehensive tourism safety initiatives

15 Nov 2023

Tourists are returning to South Africa - but the sector will need to go green to deal with the country's electricity crisis

Tourism

Tourists are returning to South Africa - but the sector will need to go green to deal with the country's electricity crisis

Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Irma Booyens and Kristy Langerman 10 Nov 2023

Image source: Frans van Heerden from

Environment & Natural Resources

Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

Source: Gallo Images Ogilvy won a total of 16 Loeries at the 45 Loeries

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2023: 232 Loeries awarded

Danette Breitenbach 9 Oct 2023

SA National Parks opens its 2023 free access week

Travel

SA National Parks opens its 2023 free access week

18 Sep 2023

Travel

Your free access to South African National Parks

6 Sep 2023

Source: Google images - © Jonathan Geyer

Travel

Sendelingsdrift border post reopens after 3 years

31 Aug 2023

Image source: Clayton from

Tourism

SA records more than 4 million tourist arrivals

30 Aug 2023

Nominations open for SanParks 2023 Kudu Awards

Responsible Tourism

Nominations open for SanParks 2023 Kudu Awards

23 Aug 2023

Source: freestock.ca via - Kruger National Park, South Africa, along the Sabie River.

Tourism

SA National Parks Week 2023 dates announced

14 Aug 2023

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino killings decrease by 11%

1 Aug 2023

Tourism & Travel

Ensuring safety: De Lille vows to protect Kruger National Park

13 Jul 2023

Sanlam commits R10m to stimulate SanParks supply chain. Source: Supplied

Agribusiness

Sanlam stimulates SanParks supply chain with R10m investment in SMMEs

30 Jun 2023

Things to do over winter break: Ideas for students

Higher Education

Things to do over winter break: Ideas for students

Issued by FundiConnect 21 Jun 2023

Protecting Paradise

Environment & Natural Resources

Protecting Paradise

Issued by Irvine Partners 15 Jun 2023

SanParks to donate game to emerging farmers

Tourism

SanParks to donate game to emerging farmers

9 Jun 2023

Vultures are seen on branches against a rainbow background in Tanzania in this undated handout image. Courtesy of North Carolina Zoo/Handout via Reuters

Environment & Natural Resources

Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers

Gloria Dickie 1 Jun 2023

Image source: Magda Ehlers from

Environment & Natural Resources

Work underway to fight wildlife crime

19 May 2023

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023