{"id":240170,"date":"2022-10-15T16:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T14:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-a-leading-tourism-destination\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T16:18:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T14:18:03","slug":"south-africa-a-leading-tourism-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-a-leading-tourism-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa a leading tourism destination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is extending security in the country to not only make it more secure for citizens but to also make it a more attractive tourism destination.<\/p>\n

The President was speaking during the South Africa \u2013 Saudi Arabia Investment Forum in Saudi Arabia where he is currently on an official state visit.<\/p>\n

The recent murder of a German tourist during a botched hijacking at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga has rocked the South African tourism industry with SA National Parks calling the incident a \u201chuge setback\u201d for the sector.<\/p>\n

\u201c[We] are indeed a leading tourism destination, including for visitors from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Our wildlife tourism is a particular draw card for tourists from the region. Beyond the need to facilitate greater tourism between our two countries, there are many investment opportunities for Saudi businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo ensure that as we grow our own tourism industry, we deepen and extend security to make sure that there’s adequate security that can make our country even much more attractive,\u201d President Ramaphosa said.<\/p>\n

Turning to investment in renewable energy, President Ramaphosa said he \u201clooks forward\u201d to seeing Saudi Arabian renewable energy firms and technologies entering the South African market.<\/p>\n

South Africa has embarked on a renewable energy strategy which is aimed at reducing the load on Eskom\u2019s coal fired generation fleet while also bringing down the country\u2019s carbon footprint.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to see you partnering with South African firms, as we increase our renewable energy generation footprint and manufacture green energy components. And we are particularly pleased that Saudi Arabia is well steeped in the field of renewable energy and broad energy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

President Ramaphosa said another area of \u201cpotential synergies\u201d between the two countries is the green hydrogen economy which has been billed as a new frontier for clean energy.<\/p>\n

To its advantage, South Africa holds at least 80% of the world\u2019s platinum group metals and 40% of the world\u2019s platinum and palladium supplies which are key components in the production of hydrogen.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaudi investors will find substantial opportunities to leverage in South Africa in this regard. Similarly, there are opportunities for South African business to leverage at [Saudi Arabia\u2019s Green Hydrogen Project] NEOM as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the world\u2019s largest producer of platinum, a key input in hydrogen fuel cell technology. Our ambitious plans to unlock the potential of the green hydrogen economy include developing a hydrogen valley that stretches from the platinum belt in our country through the country’s industrial heartland,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President highlighted that investment opportunities into South Africa\u2019s green hydrogen sector are already on the rise.<\/p>\n

\u201cA number of multinational investors like annual American platinum, have already begun leveraging these opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaudi investment across the value chain of the green hydrogen economy will not just support South Africa’s economic goals, but those of Saudi Arabia as well in his ongoing drive towards sustainability,\u201d he said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is extending security in the country to not only make it more secure for citizens but to also make it a more attractive tourism destination. The President was speaking during the South Africa \u2013 Saudi Arabia Investment Forum in Saudi Arabia where he is currently on an official state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-240170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/south-africa-a-leading-tourism-destination.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}