DA to lay complaint on visa regulations

The Department of Home Affairs says the new regulations that require parents to produce an unabridged birth certificate when travelling with minors is to protect children.

 

 

DA’s James Vos says the new regulations will have a negative impact on tourism.

 

 

“A child denied boarding by an airline ultimately means a family cannot travel and, by industry estimates, until traveller awareness is 100%, tourist arrivals to South Africa could be negatively impacted by up to 20%,” he says.

 

 

Vos says this will have a negative impact on an already struggling tourism industry.

 

“These regulations will have a massive adverse impact on the already struggling tourism industry. Minister Hanekom recently revealed that between 2012 and 2014, both domestic tourism numbers and revenue generated have declined. Domestic tourism numbers dropped from, 12.5 million to 9 million, and revenue generated fell from R 21.8 billion to R 18.5 billion,” he says.  

 

Edited by Sune Du Toit

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