Tourism businesses to benefit from relief fund
Successful tourism businesses will each receive R50 000 while tourist guides stand to receive R4 500 each.
Some 400 KwaZulu-Natal tourism businesses are set to benefit from a R20 million Tourism Relief Fund which has been set up by the provincial government to support businesses in distress as a result of Covid-19.
Applications for the Fund close on April 15, 2021.
Successful tourism businesses will each receive R50 000 while tourist guides stand to receive R4 500 each.
Priority will be given to enterprises that could not benefit from any of the available government funding schemes for Covid-19.
“The survival of small distressed tourism businesses during this trying time is of critical importance. This is why as the KZN government we have recognised the need to intervene to save these businesses from total collapse. We also hope that this scheme will to jobs being saved,” said MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Ravi Pillay
Application forms can be downloaded from the official TKZN website – www.zulu.org.za
A help desk has been set up to guide and provide information to applicants.
Only electronic application forms will be accepted. The completed application forms with supporting documents must be scanned or converted into a pdf file and emailed to kzntourismrelief@zulu.org.za
For enquiries, contact the Helpdesk: kzntourismrelief@zulu.org.za or 086 1777579.
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