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Task team to probe damage cause by new visa regulations

Source: Deneesha Pillay – Herald Live, 29/07/2015

The tourism minister‚ Derek Hanekom‚ has told Talk Radio 702′s John
Robbie that cabinet has appointed a task team to look into the damage
being caused to tourism by tough new entry requirements imposed by the
home affairs minister‚ Malusi Gigaba.
Hanekom said that he supported the effort to improve entry and exit
security at the borders‚ but added "we`ve got to find a better way of
doing it".
He said that there was clearly a worrying decline in the number of
tourists coming into the country and he was especially concerned by a
dramatic drop – by almost 40 percent – in the number of Chinese
tourists entering the country.
He said the impact of the measures had not only been on tourism.
"There`s quite a serious impact on investment as well."
"We will be assessing the extent to which these measures have had
unintended consequences‚" he said.
-RDM News Wire

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