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Africa’s Travel and Tourism has proven to be the continent’s catalyst to usher in a new kind of travel – one that is increasing the value of community and rural tourism. The Summit, tourism role-players can be sure that the industry will emerge with fresh actionable ideas after more than a year of latency.

The Summit lived up to its theme of “Re-awakening Africa,” with fresh actionable ideas emerging from three days of robust discussions.

The Summit brought welcome announcements, one of which was Minister of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu’s announcement of a joint team of South African and British scientists who will conduct research into the Beta variant of the Coronavirus which has kept South Africa on the UK red list for travel. Netflix also used the platform to announce Made in Africa, which packages African films and series into an easily accessible bouquet. Read more here
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