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Minister hopeful adjustments will be made to visa regs

Source: Tourism Update, 10/09/2015

Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom, is hopeful that in the next few
weeks the inter-ministerial committee will announce some adjustments
to the current immigration regulations that will be more favourable to
the tourism sector and other investments.

Speaking to Tourism Update on the side-lines at the Hospitality
Investment Conference Africa 2015, Minister Hanekom said: "Firstly, it
is good news that we are meeting as an inter-ministerial committee as
it indicates how seriously government views tourism and is trying to
attract investment into the country."

Minister Hanekom said it had been recognised that the current
regulations had caused damage to the growth in the tourism sector. "We
would expect Home Affairs to contribute to the global effort of
combating child trafficking but to do it in such a way that minimises
the potentially negative impact on tourism growth and avoid placing
excessively onerous requirements on travellers who want to come to
South Africa."

Minister Hanekom added that Home Affairs should make it easy for
travellers to visit SA, without compromising on the key interests of
the country. "I am hopeful that we will come up with a dispensation
that will have been carefully considered and that will be better than
what we currently have."

The Minister said he wouldn`t give any more details on the process.

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