Most of us readily to acknowledge – sometimes perhaps a little too quietly – the impact we make on host destinations when we travel. The most conscientious of us do our best to minimise our impact or make it a positive one, but there’s no question that, by traveling, we are part of something that creates change….
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Dodging the Football Frenzy and Tackling Alternative Sporting Events in Africa
You’d have to be holed up in Ted Kaczynski’s cabin not to know that South Africa will be hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup next month. The Beautiful Game has a special place in all Africans’ hearts and is far and away the most popular sport played on the continent. But with football mania reaching fever pitch, it’s high time we had a look at some of the other sporting events on offer in Africa.
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Finding Local Travel Opportunity in South Africa around the World Cup
The clock’s ticking. Every hour we move closer to 4pm South Africa time on 11 June 2010, when the World Cup 2010 kicks off in Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium. The anticipation is palpable, but so is the growing frustration and sometimes anger about the absurd room rates and out-of-focus travel opportunities in a country driven…
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Caught Between World Cup Games in South Africa? Get Close to the People and the Land
When the stadiums are empty, plan a tour or activity in or near the World Cup host cities to get to know the real South Africa “This World Cup belongs to Africa!” declared Sepp Blatter, FIFA president, at the Cape Town Convention Centre on 5 December 2009, the long-awaited day of the World Cup 2010…
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South Africa Tourism Gets a 4.5-Million Rand Boost for a Future Beyond Soccer
The impact of the FIFA World Cup on tourism in South Africa will be big. Really big. As many as 500,000 visitors are expected to find their way to the Rainbow Nation in June of 2010, infusing the economy with a mighty jolt of energy and money. But some people are already (wisely) asking what…
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