Welcome to the new Tourism Update Online Daily

Tourism Update has launched a new-look website with several exciting changes. 


A new giant banner now appears on every page. It has been devised for suppliers that have announcements and launches. It does not pop up over the text yet is big enough to make a huge impact on readers. With limited availability, suppliers planning a launch should reserve the space early. Bookings made up to January 22 for later in the year qualify for a 20% introductory discount. 


We have also introduced new commenting software with all the features you’ve been requesting such as:


•Automatic notification when readers reply to your comments; 

•Edit comments after sending them; 

•You can ‘vote up’ or ‘vote down’ comments depending on whether you agree with them or not; 

•You can also link your comment to social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook;

•Subscribe to get emailed all comments on stories you’re interested in; 

•Flag defamatory comments; 

•Easy access to Tourism Update’s top discussions by clicking on the ‘community’ tab.


To take advantage of the full list of benefits it is recommended you register with disqus – you can do this in less than a minute by ticking the ‘register with disqus’ box when adding a comment on a news story or directly via the disqus website (http://disqus.com/profile/signup/) where you will need to enter a username, email address, and password. 


In the last 30 days, the number of unduplicated visitors to our website was 11 178. “We have been publishing daily news sites in a number of travel sectors in SA and overseas. The level of engagement and the number of decision makers that come into this site make Tourism Update the most influential of them all,” says Now Media Group MD, David Marsh.