In March President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered an upbeat address to the nation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic announcing a return to Level 1 of the lockdown.
While urging South Africans not to let their guard down due to the dipping COVID-19 cases, the President added that the country’s vaccine rollout is proceeding well.
South Africa was and still is in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic which had devastated the country’s tourism sector.
Scores of businesses closed, jobs were lost and many had no idea what would become of the sector once we were fully open as a country.
Below are some of the things you need to know when travelling:
According to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) international tourism further weakened in January 2021 with a drop of 87%.
The UNWTO says Europe and Africa both saw a decline of 85% in arrivals, while the Middle East recorded a drop of 84%. International arrivals in the Americas decreased by 77% in January, following somewhat better results in the last quarter of the year.
The body said after the unprecedented 73% drop in international tourism recorded in 2020 under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for international travel remained very weak at the beginning of 2021.
