TCOB: Harvey World Travel - Travel Agencies Need to Rebrand to Remain Afloat

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The economic fallout from COVID-19 affected many industries, including South Africa’s tourism sector. With a decline in revenue from domestic and inbound visitors, worsened by stringent travel restrictions, saw a fall in tourism trips, tourism-related expenditure, and employment.

How can travel agencies and businesses remain afloat and maintain the regained travel space since travel resumed in 2022? For more on this, we had a chat with Kele Lekalake, who is the Executive Manager at Harvey World Travel.

13 May English South Africa Business News

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