Africa Wild

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 6:46 pm Only by yourself or with the people living in your household, I suppose. If not, the various ministries will be stepping on each other's toes

50% of car's capacity, so 2.5 people, with masks offcourse

https://www.gov.za/speeches/minister-mm ... ism-sector

TOURISM SERVICES UNDER LEVEL 3

We believe that the tourism sector should be at the forefront of deploying solutions focused on safety, sanitising methods and early detection, to be used by tourists and tourism employees alike. From our engagements as a sector and having had insights into the extent of creativity and innovation in the sector’s containment efforts in line with the Risk Adjust Approach, I am encouraged that our approach is not only just planning for moving from one Alert Level to another, but seriously internalizing the notion of the new normal as a sector.

Tourism services supports other economic sectors. As parts of the economy opening up, the tourism activities that are supportive have to re-open. As some strategic sectors of the economy will need to operate during lockdown, such sectors will need tourism services, even before the sector is fully opened for leisure. This includes key elements that would facilitate travel of persons for permitted purposes.

We therefore welcome the decision by Cabinet to permit tourism services for the categories as stated in the gazetted Regulations.

I will now highlight the areas that have been opened up under Level 3:

1. Restaurants for delivery or collection of food. Restaurants with liquor licences are allowed to sell alcohol only for takeout and delivery. In this area there’s been an outcry that they must be allowed for onsite consumption. We are in discussions with restaurants so that whatever solution is provided in this regard for sit-down doesn’t perpetuate the inequality and we are confident that in our next submission to NCCC this will be considered.
2. Professional services - e.g. tourist guides, tour operators, travel agents, tourism information officers are allowed to come back to operations.
3. Professional Services including training of nature guides and other related services that are able to ensure safe distance.
4. Public and private game farms have been opened for self-drive excursions
5. Hiking to be done in compliance with existing guidelines and not in groups
6. Accommodation activities are allowed, except for leisure and establishments will no longer require a letter from Minister of Tourism to operate. They are required to ensure that they accommodate those in the permitted services and keep records for inspections by the department.
7. Hunting and Gaming activities are also allowed.

The following economic activities will remain prohibited under level three and these include:
- Conferences, events, entertainment activities (such as Festivals) are still not permitted. It must be noted that some of the conference venues have been used in the fight against the pandemic and as such are allowed to be operational, including being used for distribution points of social relief measures
- casinos not permitted
- leisure travel not permitted


TOURISM RELATED SERVICES

We welcome the opening of domestic commercial flights which have been opened for business travel for now as part of Inter-provincial movement, as announced earlier by Minister Mbalula. The tourism sector will benefit immensely from this step as travel is an integral part of tourism.

Car Rentals are a critical enabler of tourism and movement of people and we are encouraged by them coming to full operations.

We also welcome the fact that those approved to travel are allowed to use long-distance public transport to do so from 1 June, including inter-provincial travel. The accommodation and Restaurants subsector and other related services will benefit immensely from these activities.

The opening up of hunting will also be a big boost to the tourism sector. The hunting industry contributes an estimated R2 billion (direct spending) annually to the tourism sector and it also contributes to employment in rural areas. So, this is an important step towards the recovery of the sector.

We have developed directions for the tourism sector to either enhance or provide further clarity on the existing regulations issued to limit the spread of the virus - and in a manner that they can be adaptable in a rapidly changing context. We support a responsible approach by the sector in coming up with innovative ways to prevent the spread of the virus, however, all protocols should be accessible and not preventive to smaller players in the sector. In this regard, I welcome commitment by the industry, particularly the bigger players to provide support to small players, through training and other means to ensure sector wide compliance.

Good start, hopefully it will help keep these people continue to operate

Well now what exactly is a "game farm"

Klipspringer wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 7:33 pm Well now what exactly is a "game farm"

I think something like a lodge that has wild animals( a farm that breeds wild animals and people can drive around looking for them) , like Dinokeng, Sondela, Mabalingwe etc

harrys wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 7:00 pm

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 6:46 pm Only by yourself or with the people living in your household, I suppose. If not, the various ministries will be stepping on each other's toes

50% of car's capacity, so 2.5 people, with masks offcourse

50% of the car's capacity with members of your own household? For real?

Mel wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 7:55 pm

harrys wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 7:00 pm

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 6:46 pm Only by yourself or with the people living in your household, I suppose. If not, the various ministries will be stepping on each other's toes

50% of car's capacity, so 2.5 people, with masks offcourse

50% of the car's capacity with members of your own household? For real?

Jip that's how I understand it

That would be ridiculous

Or are you expected to practise social distancing and wear masks at home too.
What a hoot.

So if i want to visit Rietvlei nature reserve then i need to travel in two cars because we can’t enter with 4 persons in the one vehicle