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Kruger National Park and said that she will collaborate with provincial and municipal governments, the commercial sector, and communities to improve tourist safety at the park.
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille paid an overnight visit to Kruger National Park and said that she will collaborate with provincial and municipal governments, the commercial sector, and communities to improve tourist safety at the park.
This comes after reports that the number of people visiting the park has plummeted by 21% since 2019, owing to safety concerns. The minister is concerned about the decrease in the number of visitors visiting the Kruger National Park.
“It is well known that unfortunately there have been many crime incidents in and around the Kruger with criminals attacking tourists and this is a matter that we take very seriously, not only because we want to safeguard tourists, but we cannot have criminality stand in the way of our tourist attractions thriving because that is how we can ultimately create more jobs for our people and bring prosperity for all,” she said.
De Lille stated that the Department of Tourism is finalising a revised training curriculum for Tourism Monitors and that more than 2200 Tourism Monitors will be deployed to important tourist destinations and hotspot regions around the country in the coming months as part of efforts to improve tourism safety.
“The Department of Tourism has budgeted R174 million for the Tourism Monitors programme to improve safety around the 59 tourism hotspot areas identified by the National Tourism Safety Forum.
Of the more than 2,200 Tourism Monitors that will be deployed to tourism hotspots, 350 Tourism Monitors will be deployed to SANParks establishments with 100 of the 350 Tourism Monitors to be deployed to the KNP,” said the minister.
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