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Sabine Lehmann- founder and CEO of Curiositas

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Sabine Lehmann: founder and CEO of Curiositas.a specialist attractions and tourism futures consultancy.In his State of the Nation Address this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to increase SA's economic growth through tourism, stating an ambition to more than double international tourist arrivals to 21 million by 2030. Globally, tourism is on the rise and peak tourism demand has not yet been reached, driven by a growing global middle class. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, 1.4 billion people travelled internationally for a holiday in 2018.

9 Oct 2019 8AM English South Africa Business News · Investing Gugulethu Mfuphi

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