Show must go… on-line!

The Southern Explorer is going live with phase one of its new website – www.thesouthernexplorer.com – this Friday (15th).

For years, The Southern Explorer has been the official map-based route guide for the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast destination, and today continues to be.

Vicky Wentzel, the newly appointed director, and her team have been very busy discovering and unearthing all kinds of unique holiday activities and experiences, places to stay, eat or shop at, and visit.

These will be featured in the KZN South Coast’s new destination e-commerce website.

Vicky said the post Covid-19 tourist is going to be in search of wide-open spaces that offer clean and green ecotourism friendly environments.

“On the South Coast, we enjoy a powerful geographical position with 120 kilometres of shoreline, vast stretches of subtropical hinterland, waterfalls and beautiful outdoor areas perfect for hikes,” she said.

“There is much more that can be done to give this destination the exposure it deserves, and we intend to leverage the post Covid-19 gap in the marketplace and draw the world’s attention to our stretch of paradise. Led by the private sector, this initiative not only identifies our tourism products but also focuses on our unique selling points,” she said.

Interestingly, 81 percent of people research a business or service on the Internet prior to making a holiday purchase decision and the KZN South Coast has been in desperate need of a website that presents our beautiful destination as a desirable place to visit, invest and even relocate.

You can help the community to grow the tourism base of the KZN South Coast by:

* Joining and contributing to our Facebook Group Southern Explorer KZN and Paradise Found where we are reaching thousands of people globally each day.

* Leave your marketing material and brochures at our Tourism Eco Office below the Ramsgate Whale Deck.

* Subscribe to director@thesouthernexplorer.com and receive their monthly newsletter that has a local, national and global audience reach of more than 500 000 subscribers.

* Follow us on Instagram: The Southern Explorer – that interfaces with a global travel audience.

* Participate in their collective print campaigns in The Getaway Magazine, Compleat Golfer, Bona Magazine and The South Coast Heralds seasonal ‘Southern Explorer What’s On’ features.

* Offer your product to be a part of our package tours that will be represented nationally and globally

* Become a member of the Southern Explorer’s Paradise Found Association

* Join our Splash Team as it slowly starts to paint wall murals that will liven up the hinterland and business districts

* Send all of your what’s on activities so these can be featured on the South Coast minute-by-minute What’s On calendar on the new website platform

* Participate in our seasonal promotional activations that take place at beaches and shopping malls in the South Coast district – helping drive tourism to our beautiful coastline.

* Contribute high resolution beautiful images to ‘My Stunning South Coast’ the KZN South Coast’s first photographic library.

For more information contact Vicky Wentzel at 082 812 7944 or email director@thesouthernexplorer.com.

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