Bengaluru: India is among the top five tourism source markets for South Africa - it was revealed at a roadshow held in the city on Thursday. The roadshow traveled to Bangalore after having two successful days in Mumbai and Hyderabad earlier this week. The roadshow will commence in Delhi on Friday. Through this four-city roadshow, South African Tourism aims to build Inbound Tourism from India which has grown substantially over the years.
While the South African partners get to learn about the latest travel trends in India and traveler interests, Indian trade use this platform to learn more about the latest offerings of South Africa which can be customized as per the preference of the Indian traveler.
"Over the years we have witnessed a continuous increase in Indian tourist arrivals, making india one of the key markets for us. Therefore, it has been our constant endeavour to enhance our engagement with our key stakeholders in India to further boost tourist arrivals to South Africa," said Hanneli Slabber, country head of SA Tourism, India.
According to the Board's latest arrival figures of September 2012, they got 79,306 Indian tourists to South Africa from January 2012 to September 2012, an increase of 18.3% in comparison to the corresponding time period in 2011.
The roadshow was well attended by 69 South African suppliers and Indian tour operators.
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