Travel ban hits tourism sector

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It may only take 48 hours for the South African tourism sector to finally collapse as countries around the world began closing their borders.

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Britain announced that all flights from South Africa and its same neighbours would be prohibited starting 1200 GMT on Friday. Photo for illustration: iStock

On Friday afternoon, in a video circulating on social media, passengers from South Africa on a flight to Amsterdam were told they would not be allowed to disembark from the plane until testing had been completed and they wouldwas the first of a growing number of countries which red listed the country for the second time this year – on the eve of tourism’s largest revenue period.

Germany, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Singapore, Italy and Israel count among the markets that have redlined South Africa.“The United States is sure to follow shortly,” he added and suggested that this comes at the worst time for the sector, “when it was just starting to show green shoots of recovery”.

Presently both markets seem doomed for a second peak season. Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, of the South African Tourism Business Council, said messaging should have been carefully considered prior to “creating panic” about“The impact this will have is unimaginable and I cannot imagine what our tour operators are going through,” Tshivhengwa said.

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