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Tourism tripped up again by Home Affairs laws

Source: Times Live, 26/09/2016

The Department of Home Affairs is dragging its feet in tackling issues
affecting the immigration and tourism industries as a result of its
laws, say industry experts.

The concern follows the publication of draft amendments to the
regulations for comment until October 14.

Global Migration SA managing director Leon Isaacson said though the
law has been in force since June 2014, the department had since issued
a few directives to simplify it.

"The department has tried to sort out the confusion without taking on
bigger issues," he said.

He said the issues that had been overlooked included language schools
being unable to admit foreign students, lack of capacity to register
people bringing critical skills to the country or the absence of
professional associations to register some of those critical skills
and issues between the department and its labour counterpart.

The latest travel report by Euromonitor found that visits to South
Africa declined by 7% in 2015 to 8.9-million trips.

The department said it had an obligation to take the input of the
affected parties.

"The department is committed to the amendment, which reflects the
consultative process."

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