Roadshow gives tourists a taste of Jozi
JOBURG - “Getting South Africans to realise the value of domestic tourism and [to] travel more.”
These were the words of CEO of South African Tourism, Thulani Nzima at the Gauteng tourism provincial road show media conference.
The road show was aimed at preparing for the upcoming release of the Gauteng Themed Route Maps. These maps would offer tourists a guide to areas of interest around the province using cultural or historical themes rather than geographical distance.
Furthermore, the maps aimed to celebrate the cosmopolitan, textured, multi-layered history and heritage of the province.
Despite the broad overview being to promote Gauteng, the focus of the road show was on Johannesburg because of the opportunity the city offered to highlight its potential as an urban tourism market.
The itinerary began on 12 February with a tour of inner city Johannesburg. The tour included sightseeing to places such as Gandhi Square, Newtown Precinct and the James Hall Transport Museum. Furthermore, visitors got the opportunity to visit the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand, The Grove, Constitutional Hill and the opening of The Rise and Fall of Apartheid exhibition at Museum Africa.
Nzima praised the effort by Gauteng tourism and encouraged people to travel in South Africa more. “We want to keep people happy and encourage tourism, not only internationally, but also on a domestic level,” he said.
The tour lasted three days and other places toured were Soweto and Fordsburg.
