Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced on Thursday afternoon that leisure travel is allowed for intra-provincial travel, curfew will start at 10pm and tour operators will be allowed to conduct guided tours in open safari vehicles.
"Following discussions about the current risk levels, the national Coronavirus Command Council recommended to Cabinet for some restrictions to be eased to allow more tourism activities to reopen.
“Let me emphasise, it is only intra-provincial travel, not inter-provincial travel. Individuals are still not permitted to travel between provinces for leisure purposes," she said.Kubayi-Ngubane said the change will have implications for accommodation facilities that are permitted to operate under level 3.
As for tour operators, they will be allowed to conduct guided tours in an open safari vehicle under the new regulation. This is subject to directions, which includes provision for both social distancing and maximum ventilation. "To comply with the current curfew regulation, restaurants are unable to serve dinner to their customers which means that they are unable to operate at peak time of their business day," she said.She said weekly interaction with various stakeholders have helped the department to gather inputs from all stakeholders on how best to reopen the sector and support the recovery going forward.
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