The Department of Tourism is working on the issues hindering business travel growth that have already been identified by the MICE sector, and is committed to working collaboratively going further.
We are working with the Department of Home Affairs and Operation Vulindlela in the Presidency to ease the visa regime to help us increase arrival numbers and address the unique needs of the MICE industry, said Minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille , speaking at the SAACI National Congress 2024, which kicked off in Johannesburg on Sunday (July 28).
While highlighting the strategic importance of the MICE industry in growing the economic impact and job creation benefits that tourism and conferences bring, De Lille commended SAACI members and other business events associations and sector players for their continued support and work to take MICE events to greater heights for South Africa.
De Lille noted that SAACIs mission was to advocate on legislative, regulatory, and legal issues that directly impacted or had the potential to impact the broad association community of the broader business events industry.
We need you to identify further issues that are hindering growth for the industry so that we can develop a plan together to find solutions on how to address the issues.
