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You shut the sector so you have a duty to support it, head of promotion body tells government

03 August 2020 - 05:10The head of the body tasked with promoting SA’s tourism industry, which is facing the loss of more than 400,000 jobs from the Covid-19 pandemic due to forced closures since March, has called on the government to greatly increase financial aid for businesses in the sector.

"When SA holds back a sector from operating, they have a duty to support it and make sure it doesn’t fold," SA Tourism CEO Sisa Ntshona said in an interview with Business Day, echoing a call from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for increased aid.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

 

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