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SAACI and the SA National Convention Bureau (SANCB) need your input to assess the size of South Africa’s business events industry from 2018. SAACI and SANCB need you to contribute to their current knowledge base by providing information on all the business events arranged or hosted in 2018. In order to accurately report on theRead more

TBCSA collects the Tourism Levy South Africa (TOMSA), 93% of which goes to South African Tourism to market South Africa as a preferred destination.  TBCSA deemed it necessary that its members should also get tangible benefits from the TOMSA levy.  To this end, it established a collaborative fund in 2017, with the purpose of fundingRead more

We’d like to give a warm welcome to all our new TOMSA Levy Contributors who joined us in 2018. Your contributions to the South African Tourism sector have been invaluable and much appreciated. Thank you to the following companies for joining the TOMSA family: AM Luxury Game Resort Bon Hotel 64 on Gordon Dream HotelsRead more

Bookings are now open for 2019 to be your biggest year yet! Africa Showcase invites you to join them on the road next year at the worlds biggest tourism roadshows. Book with Africa Showcase to get your spot at: Nordics: 25 – 28 February 2019 ITB Berlin: 6 – 10 March 2019 Russia: 18 – 21 March EastRead more

The Department of Tourism is seeking active participation regarding consultation workshops on the Tourism Transformation Strategy. The purpose of these workshops is to: Develop and accelerate transformation in the tourism sector. Facilitate integrated and industry-wide processes to catalyse transformation. Point out clear and targeted actions for transforming the sector beyond compliance with the amended Tourism B-BBEE CodeRead more

TSI have published their August report for TOMSA levy collectors to view. Please note that this report contains sensitive information and is not open to the public. This means that it cannot be located anywhere on the public TSI website, but only from the back end, using the secure login details section. If you haveRead more

South African Tourism has collated the figures for the second quarter performance of tourist arrivals between April and June 2018. International tourist arrivals to South Africa dropped by 1.3% in 2018 compared to the same period in 2017. The shift in Easter to the first quarter saw arrivals decline in April compared to 2017. ArrivalsRead more

Incentives, business travel and meetings (IBTM) expo is China’s biggest and premier annual trade show for the interests of meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) industry. During 12 and 13 September 2018, South African Exhibitors together with SA Tourism showcased our vast business events industry at this expo. “China has become one of the coreRead more

We’d like to issue out a kind reminder to all TOMSA levy collectors to please pay their collected levies timeously. As per the TOMSA agreement, payments must be made on a monthly basis and no later than 15 days after the last day of the accounting month. Making payments is simple.  See below:     Read more

We would love to welcome our newest Levy Contributors to the ever-growing TOMSA family. We also have one extra special mention of the Open Food Group for being the first restaurant in South Africa to collect the TOMSA levy. Open Food Group Travel Connections The Regency Apartment Hotel Murendeni Villa Signature Lux Hotel Waterfront, byRead more