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EC scoops three awards in tourism expo
Posted on: Thursday, 25 May 2006. Article source: The Herald
The Eastern Cape featured prominently with three awards at the 17th Indaba expo in Durban, the third biggest tourism expo in the world.
Grahamstown historian and story-teller Alan Weyer, who is also one half of the iconic Boet & Swaer comic duo, won the first Welcome Award for the best tour guide in South Africa. The Welcome Award is aimed at "recognising businesses and individuals that are turning holidays to South Africa into life-changing experiences".
In the competition for best stand, involving 1,600 stands and 3,000 products, the Cacadu Regional Tourism Organisation scooped silver, together with the East Cape Tourism Board.
A record-breaking 10,500 local and overseas tour operators and service and hospitality providers took part in this year's Indaba, which ran from May 6 to 9.
Cacadu, the western region of the Eastern Cape, stretches from Tsitsikamma to Fish River and inland to the Karoo. The Cacadu Regional Tourism Organisation had its own independent stand for the first time. Previously it was represented at the parent ECTB stand.
The Cacadu team comprised Grahamstown tourism director Willie Makkink, Carina Luscomb of Graaff-Reinet and Trudy Aucomp of Cape St Francis. "What attracted people to the stand was the diversity of our attractions and the region, our wildlife and the Grahamstown arts festival," Makkink said.
Grahamstown historian and story-teller Alan Weyer, who is also one half of the iconic Boet & Swaer comic duo, won the first Welcome Award for the best tour guide in South Africa. The Welcome Award is aimed at "recognising businesses and individuals that are turning holidays to South Africa into life-changing experiences".
In the competition for best stand, involving 1,600 stands and 3,000 products, the Cacadu Regional Tourism Organisation scooped silver, together with the East Cape Tourism Board.
A record-breaking 10,500 local and overseas tour operators and service and hospitality providers took part in this year's Indaba, which ran from May 6 to 9.
Cacadu, the western region of the Eastern Cape, stretches from Tsitsikamma to Fish River and inland to the Karoo. The Cacadu Regional Tourism Organisation had its own independent stand for the first time. Previously it was represented at the parent ECTB stand.
The Cacadu team comprised Grahamstown tourism director Willie Makkink, Carina Luscomb of Graaff-Reinet and Trudy Aucomp of Cape St Francis. "What attracted people to the stand was the diversity of our attractions and the region, our wildlife and the Grahamstown arts festival," Makkink said.
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