This was a 13-day destination marketing tour to showcase Hermanus and our neighbouring towns on the Cape Whale Coast in South Africa. As a media team we attended the Indaba 2015 Travel Show in Durban and journeyed back Hermanus.
South Africa’s National Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom, told the world’s travel and tourism media at a briefing yesterday that tourism in South Africa is a spectacular story. “Its contribution to our country’s economic growth continues to impress, he said.
A very warm INDABA 2015 welcome to you, our media colleagues. INDABA 2015 puts the focus firmly on the very heart and soul of the African travel and tourism success story. This is the story of the thousands of exhibiting delegates who are with us in Durban this year to showcase market and sell their leisure tourism offerings to a record number of buyers who have come from all over the world to do business with our continent.
The opening ceremony of Indaba 2015 in Durban was a spectaular of music and dance that celebrated the Africa continent and it's thriving tourism industry.
The Southern Right Whale found a safe place to breed and calf in Walkerbay, Hermanus. Boat Based Whale Watching with the Whale Watchers brings you up close with these amazing mammals.