The first leg of the 2019 Lilizela Tourism Awards kicked off in Kimberley, Northern Cape on 5 September respectively. Of the 11 winners on the night in the Northern Cape, seven of them were women - a great achievement and testament to the growing efforts of the South African tourism industry to be more inclusive and have women in leadership.
The Department of Economic Development and Tourism held the provincial Lilizela Tourism Awards on the 5th of September 2019 at the Flamingo view. These awards are designed to grow the profile and importance of the tourism industry in South Africa and support the goals of the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS).
These awards are an initiative of the National Department of Tourism (NDT); spearheaded by South African Tourism and delivered by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa. These awards recognise and reward tourism players and businesses who work passionately and with pride to deliver a world class product and service and whose delivery grows South Africa’s global destination competitiveness.
Speaking at the event, MEC of economic development and tourism, Maruping Lekwene said: "Through their hard work, determination and courage, the industry players continue to put our province on the domestic and international tourism radar and they have become strategic players who are contributing towards putting our province as a destination of choice. It is on that basis that the recipients of these awards as well as other stakeholders in the tourism business, who have entered the Lilizela competition today, should be seen as true tourism ambassadors of our beautiful province."
11 winners on the night in the Northern Cape, seven of them were women - a great achievement and testament to the growing efforts of the
South African tourism industry to be more inclusive and have women in leadership.
The provincial awards form part of the preliminary events leading up to the National Lilizela Tourism Awards on 9 November 2019, being held
at the Sun Arena in Pretoria. |
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