Around one third of respondents to our latest poll say their businesses have been affected by cybercrime, indicating that global growth in data breaches, email account hacking and sophisticated phishing scams is having some impact on the inbound tourism sector.
A significant 30% of respondents said their businesses have fallen victim to cybercrime. The remaining 70% said they haven’t been affected.
Tourism Update conducted the poll after receiving reports of operators losing significant amounts of money on bookings after the email accounts of partnering suppliers were hacked. Insurance and IT experts cautioned that business email compromise, together with data breaches and ransomware attacks, are common tactics used by hackers to target tour operators.
Have you benefitted from G20 meetings?
As South Africa’s presidency of the G20 is nears its climax with the staging of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg on November 22-23.
Government officials have said year-long hosting of approximately 130 G20 meetings is set to provide a significant boost to the tourism sector.
We’re finding out whether G20 has lived up to that promise so far.
Our poll question this week is:
