While Johannesburg has been confirmed as the first African city to host the G20 Summit – taking place in November – a significant proportion of Tourism Update readers are of the opinion that Cape Town may be better suited as a host.
After some debate emerged about Johannesburg’s readiness to host the summit, we asked our readers to air their views on which of the two cities should host the event. Cape Town emerged as the most popular option, garnering 56% of the votes with the remaining 44% going to Johannesburg.
The G20 Summit will mark the culmination of South Africa’s year-long G20 presidency, which will see more than 100 major in-person meetings, attracting tens of thousands delegates, held across the country’s nine provinces.
To what extent is a lack of specialists hurting tourism?
As reported in our lead article on Monday, June 9, the growth of Africa’s tourism sector continues to be hampered by a lack of specialist skills and passionate, knowledgeable industry consultants post-COVID.
With countries across the continent contending with a myriad other challenges – including limited air access, restrictive visa regimes, corruption and limited destination marketing budgets – we want to know to what extent this issue is a major concern.
Our poll question this week is:
