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24/11/2024

🎄My Christmas Wishlist🎄

24/11/2024

Attention South African passport holders travelling to Australia on a new passport!

To avoid travel delays, the Australian Government has issued an important notice: If you've recently renewed or changed your passport, you must update your details with them.

You can do this instantly via ImmiAccount here: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/change-in-situation/passport-details

Make sure everything is in order before your trip—safe travels!

23/11/2024

SAA posts first profit in a decade 🇿🇦✈️

SAA has released its results for the 2022/23 financial year, revealing the figures behind the airline’s first positive bottom line since 2012.

The release of the audited financial reports was delayed in August due to a disagreement with the Auditor General on the treatment of revenue from expired air tickets, as reported by Travel News. The results were recently presented at the airline’s annual general meeting.

The 2022/2023 financial year is SAA’s first fiscal period of commercial operations since SAA exited business rescue in September 2021.

For the year ended March 2023, SAA recorded a positive EBIDTA of R277m and a nett profit of R252m compared with a negative EBIDTA of R1bn for the year ended March 2022. Group revenue increased by 183% to R5,7bn in 2023 from R2bn in 2022.

In this financial year, SAA operated between six and eight aircraft, serving only nine destinations.

The airline said the positive results were particularly significant in light of a challenging global aviation environment. SAA said the pressures of post-COVID recovery, high interest rates, the war in Ukraine and high oil, and therefore jet fuel, prices.

“These pleasing results of the 2022/23 financial year are emblematic of the hard and careful work that went into the relaunching of SAA as a reliable airline and globally admired brand. This has put SAA on a path to financial sustainability without reliance on the fiscus,” said John Lamola, SAA’s Interim CEO.

Looking to the future, Lamola said the airline was entering a new phase of growth and planned to renew its fleet, open more intercontinental routes and pursue environmental sustainability goals.

22/11/2024

MALAYSIA: Public transport pass launched

Malaysia has launched the MyTourist Pass to offer tourists and locals a convenient way to navigate Kuala Lumpur and the wider Klang Valley, reports Travel and Tour World.

The pass provides unlimited access to public transit services including light rail transit, mass rapid transit, monorail, bus rapid transit and various bus services in the region.

For foreign tourists, the pass costs MYR40 (R160) for a one-day pass, MYR60 (R242) for a two-day pass and MYR80 (R323) for a three-day pass.

21/11/2024

ITALY: Walkway over Trevi Fountain 🇮🇹

A metal walkway has been installed at Rome’s Trevi Fountain during restoration and clean-up operations until December, reports CNN.

The walkway allows visitors to get a close look at the fountain’s statues. However, only 130 people can use the bridge at a time.

The fountain has been emptied and tossing a coin into it has been banned. Anyone who does so will face a €50 (R950) fine.

Coins are only allowed to be thrown into a small temporary pool at the fountain.

20/11/2024

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19/11/2024

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18/11/2024

17/11/2024

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16/11/2024

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14/11/2024

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13/11/2024

France rolls out Schengen border checks 🇫🇷

France has introduced border controls at its Schengen zone borders, affecting Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy.

The measure, which requires ID documents and passports to be checked at French border crossings, will remain in place until 1 April 2025.

According to Immigration and Migration, the French government has cited challenges with terrorism and irregular migration as the reason.

France’s decision follows Germany’s resumption of border checks in September, as reported in Travel News. Controls were implemented at borders with France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark.

German border authorities have denied entry to about 1 000 individuals since the controls were introduced, and German leaders have announced their intention to tighten and extend border checks.

The controls were put in place for a period of six months but authorities have stressed that they need to be kept in place longer to have a long-lasting effect, reports Schengen News.

12/11/2024

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11/11/2024

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10/11/2024

FRANCE: Notre Dame entrance fee under consideration 🇫🇷

Plans to introduce an entrance fee for tourists visiting to Notre Dame Cathedral are under consideration, according to Gulf News.

A fee of €5 (R95) per person could be introduced when the cathedral reopens in December after a five-year restoration.

The cathedral was destroyed by a fire in 2019 and is expected to reopen on December 7.

09/11/2024

CZECH REPUBLIC: Pub crawls banned 🇨🇿

Prague has banned night-time pub crawls organised by travel companies, in an effort to attract more cultured and wealthier tourists, according to Travel News.

As a result, guided tours between 22h00 and 06h00 are banned. The city has been a popular destination for noisy stag parties and pub crawls, largely by British tourists.

08/11/2024

PORTUGAL: Fees for walking trails 🇵🇹

Madeira has introduced a tourist fee of €3 (R57) on seven classified walking routes, according to The Portugal News.

The fee applies to the Pico do Arieiro, Pico Ruivo, Levada do Risco, Levada do Caldeirão Verde, Balcões, Levada do Rei and Ponta de São Lourenço walking trails.

From January 2025, the fee will be charged on more than 30 routes. Residents are exempt from paying the fee.

The resources will be used to clean and maintain the routes. Fines of up to €50 (R950) will be charged to those who do not pay.

07/11/2024

UK Visa – new processing provider in South Africa

The UK government has announced that VFS Global is its new visa-processing provider in South Africa.

Since October 22, UK-bound South Africans have been able to submit their visa applications to VFS Global.

TLScontact has notified the trade and the public of the November 14 closure of its visa application centres in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Gqeberha and Pretoria, and that all visa applications for the UK made between October 22 and November 14, would be transferred to VFS Global.

Travellers submitting new visa applications on the UK Visas and Immigration website are now automatically directed to VFS Global to make their appointment to submit their biometrics.