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1. SA Tourism Vision, mission, values and structure (slides 2 – 5)2. Portfolio Review methodology (slides 6 - 9)3. Outcomes of SA Tourism’s fourth Portfolio Review conducted
during July/August 2009 by SA Tourism Strategic Research Unit in consultation with Exco, Manco and TOMSA levy collectors (slide 10)
4. Government’s priorities and SA Tourism high-level mandate, business objectives and strategies 2007-2010 (slides 11 - 15)
5. SA Tourism’s progress against the 4 high-level objectives to date (slides 16 - 40)
6. Grading Council statistics (slides 41 - 43)7. SA Tourism’s Financial performance during 2009/10 (slides 44 –
49)8. SA Tourism’s engagement with other stakeholders (slides 50 -
51)9. SA Tourism’s Business planning process (slide 52)10. Measuring the 2010 World Cup & way forward (slides 53 – 73)11. Challenges for SA Tourism going forward ( slides 74 - 76)12. Extracts from SA Tourism’s 2011/12 Strategic Plan (slides 77 -
87)13. SA Tourism’s finances as at 31/8/2010 (slide 88)14. Conclusion (slides 89 – 95)
We unconditionally respect our organisation’s people, its purpose and its assets.
Living this respect with integrity translates into an authentic caring for South Africa and each other, a feeling of responsibility, and the acceptance of accountability for the outcomes of our actions.
Our team pushes the boundaries of excellence in everything we do.
South African Tourism has 10 overseas offices in 4 regions
• Africa
This regional office operates from SA Tourism’s Sandton Head Office and coordinates all marketing activities in East Africa, West Africa, SADC countries and domestic marketing inside South Africa.
SA Tourism plans to open an office in Angola following the completion of detailed research (approximately April 2011)
• Office of the CEO/COO (including Legal, Internal Audit & Admin)• Human Resources• Africa Portfolio (including Domestic Marketing)• Americas Asia & Australasia Portfolio• Europe & UK Portfolio• Events• Business Tourism• Central Marketing (including Global Brand, Channel & Agency
Management)• E-Business• Research• PR & Communications• Product & Itinerary • Finance• TGCSA• Business Systems (previously known as IT)
SA Tourism’s Portfolio review methodology (done every 3 years)In essence, it adopts a “fresh eyes” approach by considering all the countries in the world, and filtering them based on a set of objective attractiveness criteria
Linking Government priorities to SA Tourism priorities:STRATEGIC PLAN
1. Government has set five key priorities for the next five years including the creation of decent work and sustainable livelihoods, education, health, rural development including food security and land reform and the fight against crime and corruption.
2. These five priorities has been converted into Government’s Medium-Term Strategic Framework which highlights 10 priorities and 12 outcomes over the MTEF period. Tourism falls under the Economic Sectors and Employment Cluster, one of the 5 Government clusters and its actions appear under Outcome 4: “Decent employment through inclusive economic growth”.
Increase the direct contribution to GDP from R52,38 billion in 2009 (estimate) to R65,72 billion in 2015 calendar year
Increase the indirect contribution to GDP from R210 billion* in 2009 (estimate) to R258 billion in 2015 calendar year
Increase in the number of jobs supported directly by the sector from 527 630 in 2005** to 640 000 in 2015 calendar year
Increase the number of indirect jobs from 557 134 * in 2009 (estimate) 746 000 in 2015 calendar year
Increase number of international arrivals from 9 591 828 in 2008 to 12 068 030 by 2015 calendar year
Increase domestic tourists from 13 483 000 in 2008 to 16 000 000 by 2015 calendar year
Employ-
ment
Income
Level
Economic Growth
Equality
The tourism sector is essential contributor to the creation of decent work and job opportunities
Sample Activities
Domestic and international tourism Marketing
Tourism investment promotion
Tourism product diversification
Tourism enterprise development
Action
Activity
Indicators
Decent Employmen
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Incl. & Diversified
Econ. Growth
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* Based on the tourism satellite account for 2008of the World Tourism & Travel Council for SA ** based on the first Tourism Satellite Account by StatsSA
SAT’s alignment with NDT’s targets for Tourism development/1
SAT’s alignment with NDT’s targets for Tourism development/2
Assisting GDP growth by increasing total tourism direct spend from R100,1 billion in 2008* calendar year to R169 billion in 2015 calendar year (assuming 6% CPIX to reflect a real growth of 1,5% pa)
Increase per tourist spend from R8, 100 in 2008 to R11,600 in 2015
Employ-
ment
Income
Level
Economic Growth
Equality
The tourism sector is essential contributor to the creation of decent work and job opportunities
Sample Activities
Domestic and international tourism Marketing
Tourism investment promotion
Tourism product diversification
Tourism enterprise development
Action
Activity
Indicators
Decent Employmen
t1
Incl. & Diversified
Econ. Growth
2
* last available statistics are for 2008, ** based on the first Tourism Satellite Account by StatsSA
Global arrivals declined by 4% in 2009 whilst South Africa’s arrivals grew by 3.6%. South Africa’s growth has outstripped global growth ever year since 2004. India grew by 17.5%, China grew by 12.4% & Africa grew by 5.7%
The domestic market was affected by the financial crisis as domestic tourism decreased by 8% in 2009 with 30 million trips being undertaken compared to the 33 million in 2008. Domestic tourists also tightened their spending in 2009 as total revenue declined by 14% to R22 billion, from R26 billion in 2008. But the domestic market does provide real potential for growth especially in the younger, upcoming segments.
The 2010/11 fiscal is strategically focused at protecting our leadership in wildlife and adventure and build welcoming people. A key asset we leverage off of is the diversity and vibrancy of South Africa’s people.
While our core markets still deliver our bread and butter , we will focus on expanding in China, India, Brazil and African air markets where there is better potential for growth.
The success of the World Cup has created immense goodwill and positive brand reputation for SA, leading to a more receptive world.
The big job after the World Cup is to convert WC awareness into arrivals to continue to upward trend in overall arrivals to South Africa. Message content will be built on rich experiences for travellers that are a combination of people, place and culture. ‘Welcome!’ will continue to be a chief component of the message content to entrench South Africa’s reputation as a friendly, welcoming destination.
Visitor arrivals for the first 7 months of 2010 grew by 13.3% over the same period in 2009 to reach 6,329,643. This was driven by a growth in all markets.
Goal Key Performance Indicator Target Performance Results Reasons for variance
Arrivals Achieve 9 824 858 arrivals (+3.6%) Total arrivals for J an-Dec 2009 is at 9,933,966 Growth driven by arrivals from Africa. Global travel has declined by 4% according to UNWTO
J oint Marketing Agreements with key trade
Sign 101 J MAs with trade partners as per country trade strategy
J MAs signed in 2009/ 10 = 122 Exceeded target
Trade contacts of key operators and travel agents that sell South African in all countries
Obtain 13,000 trade contacts on trade database
Trade Contacts 2009/ 10 = 31 367 Exceeded target
Closure Ratio Obtain an average 1 in 2.9 closure ratio Average 1 in 2.88 Target met5% more PR value from 08/ 09 (2008/ 09: 46 100 334)
Obtain 80% neutral coverage of South Africa as a tourism destination
J an 2010: 70% neutral and positive; 20% negative 10% very negative Feb 2010: 95 % neutral and positive; 5% negative Mar 2010: 90% neutral and positive; 10% negative Source: Dow J ones Media Monitoring
Exceeded target
Increase in number of media hosted over 08/ 09
5% increase in number of media hosted over 08/ 09 (2008/ 09: 58)
219 media hosted Exceeded target
Use Indaba to showcase our diversity on offer in SA
Increase total visitors at Indaba by 3% Total registered attendees declined by 2%The impact of the global economic recession had a negative effect on international visitors to Indaba and businesses have closed down in core markets
Create a conducive business environment at Indaba
Maintain current exhibitor numbers at Indaba
Exhibitor numbers dropped by 8.5%We reconfigured space allocations to accommodate bigger space requests from existing Indaba exhibitors
Host 120 International Buyers at Meetings Africa
115 international buyers were hosted at Meetings Africa 2010
119 international buyers registered of which only 115 were confirmed
Grow no. of exhibitors by 10% over the previous year.(2008/ 09: 163)
272 exhibitors Exceeded target
Network with relevant trade and refine marketing tools to equip trade to secure more meetings and incentives to SA
Ensure at least 20 business tourism leads per annum from all countries are escalated to relevant bodies
247 active leads and 93 escalated to relevant bodies Exceeded target
Support 3 international events aimed at attracting visitors to SA
Host 5 foreign journalists for each of the 3 international events
55 foreign journalists held for the year Exceeded target
CONSOLIDATED
Increase positive / neutral coverage value over 08/ 09 fiscal
Create awareness about SA as a global meetings destination by using Meetings Africa to showcase SA to international trade
Goal Key Performance Indicator Target Performance Results Reasons for variance
Spend per person per day in SA Spend broken down per country office: Spend broken down per country office:
France R 10 800 France R 10,204Germany R 14 000 Germany R 12,522Italy R 11 800 Italy R 11,431Netherlands R 16 400 Netherlands R 13,897United States R 17 200 United States R 13,428United Kingdom R 13 100 United Kingdom R 11,518India R 17 400 India R 14,860Australia R 13 700 Australia R 11,961J apan R 12 400 J apan R 13,788China R 17 900 China R 20,836Kenya R 11 400 Kenya R 8,755Nigeria R 16 400 Nigeria R 14,869
Number of travel agents and tour operators trained to better sell SA
Train at least 10 000 trade across all markets per annum
19 474 trade trained Exceeded target
90 products to be trained per annum 500 products trained Exceeded target2 provincial hosting conferences per annum 2 provincial hosting conferences held Target met
Website visits to southafrica.net and campaign sites
Achieve 10% more visits over 08/ 09 (1,468,474)
3 227 480 website visits for the year (+119,78%) Exceeded target
Improve Global awareness Achieve 77% global awareness by Dec 2010 Brand awareness at 79% (2009 Actual, Source:SRU) Exceeded targetImprove Global positivity scores Achieve 40% global positivity by Dec 2010 Global positivity at 38% (2009 Actual, Source:SRU) On trackImprove Global Reach on television, cinema and online global marketing
1 Billion consumers to b reached on TV and online on global platforms by Mar31, 2010
1,272 billion consumers with 6,194 brand spots, 3,743 vignettes/ programmes and 88 million online impressions
Exceeded target
Local product incentives for the development of new products (ETEYA)
Secure 1 major international sport/ lifestyle event post 2010 e.g. rugby world cup; cricket world cups
Secure event by March 2010Bidding strategy 50% completed. Requested extension from Exco until May 2010
Bidding for events dependent on completion of bidding strategy. Service provider appointed in Dec 09
Support 5 domestic events to leverage awareness of SA
Host 10 foreign journalists for all 5 events by Mar 2010
136 journalists hosted Exceeded target
Achieve Total Arrival target (CONT)
The results portrays the different impacts of the financial crisis. While 2 countries have exceeded targets, 10 have not due to financial crisis and people travelling with reduced budget which was exacerbated by the volatile Rand exchange rate.
Educate and equip the trade to sell us better and address perceptions
CONSOLIDATED (cont.)
South Africa to be a most preferred Tourism Brand by 2014
Increase positive/ neutral coverage of SA as tourism destination
5% increase in positive/ neutral coverage over 08/ 09
J an 2010: 70% neutral and positive; 20% negative 10% very negative Feb 2010: 95 % neutral and positive; 5% negative Mar 2010: 90% neutral and positive; 10% negative Source: Dow J ones Media Monitoring
Exceeded target
Execute projects within approved budgets or do timely budget reallocation requests
100% of budget spent as per business plan by 31/ 03/ 2010
As at 31 March 2010 SAT has spent 93% of their annual budget**
Target met
Tourism competitiveness benchmark
Complete research study by 31/ 01/ 2010 Project in progressDelays in the commencement of the project due to approval process internally. Project only commenced in Dec 2009 and will be completed in April 2010
SAT Climate survey Report on results by 31/ 08/ 2009 Achieved Target met
Asset countsConducted bi annually i.e. 31/ 08/ 2009 and 31/ 03/ 2010
Asset count was concluded 20 March 2010 Target met
Monitoring service level agreements with third parties
100% compliance as per contract terms and conditions
Monitoring compliance- Ongoing Target met
Integration of TECSA and TGCSA into SAT’s systems
To be completed by 31/ 03/ 2010TGCSA has been integrated on SAT IT infrastructure , email , SAT branding , Telephony etc. **
Target met
Unqualified Audit Reports Audit reports received from the Auditor General by 31/ 07/ 2010
Final results to be received by 31 J uly 20102008/ 09 audit results unqualified with no emphasis of matter. 2009/ 10 results will only be available after 31 March 2010 audit
Oracle Upgrade to version 12Oracle upgrade to be completed by 31/ 03/ 2010
Deliverables for period ending 31 March 2010 implemented as per plan. System is currently in use.
Target met
Monthly business unit meetings Two per month i.e. 24 per annum 100 business unit meetings held On track
Reduced staff turnover By 5% compared to 2008/ 95 resignations in Q4. Total 2009 = 14 resignations. Turnover in 2009 was 7,8% excluding unavoidable exits, compared to 13,5% in the previous period
Target met
Participation in Delloite’s BCTWF Reach a 70% participation rate Reached 72.18% participation Exceeded targetCreation of a competency database
J ob analysis and verifications done 100% Compiled all competency profiles On hold until the succession plan is in place
Ensure the roll-out of the induction program
100% of all staff inducted on the induction program by 31/ 03/ 2010
All head-office staff inducted, covered 6 international offices (i.e. 60% ) in Q4
4 offices (J apan, Germany, Australia, USA) could not be done in Q4 due to operational reasons. e.g. unavailability of countries due to business planning and other commitments). The 4 offices will be covered in the 1st quarter of 2010/ 11
South Africa to be a most preferred Tourism Brand by 2014
(CONT)
SA Tourism to be the Best Tourism Organization by 2010
833 abandoned calls outside of the target amount (6,081) due to increased call volumes and software upgrade for 2010 and the Rooms4U calls
Increase the National Tourism Product Database entries and engage in a new CRM strategy to communicate to Trade and Product Owners and grow these CRM segments
Increase CRM activity with Trade and Product Owners by 15% (2008/ 09: 52 082)
Number of new properties graded and number of renewals
1635 new properties and 6007 renewals
530 new properties and 1 708 renewal properties graded in Q4, 556 new properties and 1 776 renewal properties graded in Q3 ,448 new properties and 1 326 renewal properties graded in Q2, 610 new properties and 1242 renewal properties graded in Q1. Total 2009/ 10 total properties graded = 8 196
Exceeded target
Assist Provinces/ Municipalities in executing their Tourism Growth Plans by ensuring that the properties identified by them are graded through a signed MoU
4 MOUs to be signed and executed
Q4 = Northern Cape Tourism, DACT-KZN; Q3 = Department of Economic Development and Tourism in KZN, Northern Cape Tourism; Q2 = Gauteng Tourism Authority; Q1 = 0 Total 2009/ 10 = 5
Eastern Cape Tourism (ECT) have gone ahead and implemented the project on their own and hence the MOU will not be signed.
10% response from the industry Call put on hold
Accreditation of Verification Agencies by SANAS outstanding. BEE Advisory Council reporting to the presidency has been appointed and the DTI will be presenting the reporting framework in Feb 2010 for sector charters
Host 12 workshops 8 workshops held
Due to the transitional period of incorporation into the Department and limited human resources, workshops were postponed to the 2010/ 11 financial year.
Renew 10 MOUs with AssociatesTBCSA MOU signed. Association MOUs extended. Draft Open Africa MOU in place
With incorporation into NDT some of the area of the NGO MOU fall under the SRP programme and thus the draft MOU is under revision to incorporate the SRP requirements.
SA Tourism to be the Best Tourism Organization by 2010
(CONT)
Transformation of the Tourism Sector*
Increase in the number of private sector stakeholders that comply
with the Tourism BEE Charter and Scorecard by holding workshops
Domestic Tourism Indicators: there has been a decline in both volume and value of domestic tourism in 2009 as the market responded to the financial crisis
Note: 1Varies greatly due to seasonalitySource: SAT Domestic Tourism Surveys for 2007 – 2009
Maintain Lead on Adventurous and Nature and Wildlife
77% aware of SA
40% positive about SA
26% sought info on SA
14% plan to visit in short-term
Closure ratio of at least 1 in 2.9 in all markets
What were SAT’s 4 high-level objectives?
Objective 3: South Africa to be a most preferred Tourism Brand by 2014:
Global Performance
Globally, each market should aim to achieve a minimum level of performance along 1. Brand Knowledge, 2. Brand Journey and 3. Conversion . Markets that exceed this level must try to maintain their higher performance
Note: Core Markets weighted according to relative investment spend – Australia = 6%, France = 17%, Germany = 18%, India = 6%, Netherlands = 18%, UK = 18% & USA = 17%; Investment Markets weighted according to – China = 32%, Italy = 43% and Japan = 25%; Global Average, weighted according to investment spend – Core = 91%, Investment = 9%; All rating questions have been analyzed using top 2 box approachSource: SAT BrandTracker Feb-07 through Nov-09 (merged for each year)
Awareness Positivity Sought Info in the Past
Likely to Visit in Next 18 Months
2007 Baseline 75% 38% 23% 12%
2008 Actual 76% 37% 22% 11%
2009 Actual 79% 38% 21% 11%
Global Target 2010 77% 40% 26% 14%
Global Target 2013 79% 42% 28% 16%
Global Targets
Objective 3: South Africa to be a most preferred Tourism Brand by 2014:
2. The Brand Journey – Global Target
We have improved in both awareness and positivity but declines on sought info and likely to visit on the next 18 months due to the slowdown in global travel
In 2009, the global average for most of the Brand Knowledge metrics improved, however, it continued to drop for Welcoming People and Safety and Security
5.69 (2009)
5.65 (2008)5.68
(2007)6.12
(2009)6.07
(2008)6.10
(2007)
Note: Core Markets weighted according to relative investment spend – Australia = 6%, France = 17%, Germany = 18%, India = 6%, Netherlands = 18%, UK = 18% & USA = 17%; Investment Markets weighted according to – China = 32%, Italy = 43% and Japan = 25%; Global Average, weighted according to investment spend – Core = 91%, Investment = 9%Source: SAT BrandTracker Feb-07 through Nov-09(merged for each year)
Ranking (out of 5) of The SA Brand Relative to Direct Competitors Along Key Brand Attributes – 2009
Note: Competitor set includes Australia, Thailand, Kenya, Brazil to produce ranking out of 5. If any of the above are not included in survey, India or China is used as destinations. For India market, Egypt is used as an additional destination for ranking purposesSource: SAT BrandTracker Feb-09 and Nov-09
Knowledge of the Brand – SA Rank Versus Direct Competitors (2009)
In 2009, South Africa’s perception improved on key Personality Attributes in the Netherlands and Germany, compared to its direct competitors, however, it declined substantially in Italy
When SA is ranked highest amongst competitors
When SA is ranked lowest amongst competitors
Significantly Above Average for 10 destinations (at 95% confidence level)
Significantly Below Average for 10 destinations (at 95% confidence level)
Brand Journey Metrics – SA Rank Versus All Destinations (2009)
Ranking (out of 10) of The SA Brand Relative to Competitors Brand Journey Attributes – 2009
South Africa’s rating on Stature has improved marginally in 2009; the ratings on other metrics continue to be below average in most of the markets, except for the Netherlands and Germany
Note: For ranking purposes, if there are more than 10 destinations in survey, the following destinations are removed from rankings: USA followed by Italy and FranceSource: SAT BrandTracker Feb-09 and Nov-09
Metric Netherlands Germany UK France USA India Australia Italy China Japan
Total Awareness 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9
Unaided Awareness 3 5 4 8 7 7 6 5 7 9
Positivity 3 5 6 7 7 6 8 6 7 9
Likely to Visit in Future 2 4 5 6 7 7 8 6 7 9
Likely to Seek Info 1 4 5 7 7 6 8 6 7 9
Uniqueness 1 2 4 4 3 6 2 3 5 8
Stature 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 9
Sought Info 2 4 5 6 7 6 7 6 7 9
Familiarity 4 5 5 10 8 7 7 8 8 9
Suitability 4 2 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 9
Likely to Visit in Next 18 Months 2 4 5 9 7 7 6 7 7 9
Closure Ratio 6 7 7 8 10 8 6 8 6 9
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Significantly Above Average for 10 destinations (at 95% confidence level)
Significantly Below Average for 10 destinations (at 95% confidence level)
South Africa has seen a positive CAGR for most of the Brand Journey metrics between 2006-2009; however, Visitation and Closure Ratio have declined slightly in 2009, compared to 2008
Brand Journey Trends – Core Markets
Note: Core Markets weighted according to relative investment spend – Australia = 6%, France = 17%, Germany = 18%, India = 6%, Netherlands = 18%, UK = 18% & USA = 17%; Closure Ratio = Visited in Past 18 Months / Sought Info in the Past; All rating questions have been analyzed using top 2 box approachSource: SAT BrandTracker Nov-06 through Nov-09 (merged for each year)
2006 2007 2008 2009 CAGR (2006-09)
Total Awareness 74% 77% 78% 81% 3%
Unaided Awareness 18% 19% 20% 19% 2%
Positivity 37% 39% 38% 39% 2%
Likely to Visit in Future 31% 35% 32% 33% 2%
Likely to Seek Info 17% 19% 18% 18% 1%
Uniqueness 28% 28% 27% 28% 0%
Stature 19% 20% 18% 18% -1%
Sought Info 21% 23% 22% 21% 0%
Familiarity 20% 22% 22% 22% 3%
Suitability 19% 19% 19% 18% 0%
Likely to Visit in Next 18 Months 10% 12% 11% 11% 2%
Visited in Past 18 Months 6% 8% 8% 7% 6%
Closure Ratio 1 in 3.35 1 in 2.90 1 in 2.75 1 in 2.85 6%
Likely to Visit in Next 18 Months 10% 10% 11% 11% 3%
Visited in Past 18 Months 7% 8% 8% 7% -1%
Closure Ratio 1 in 2.98 1 in 2.96 1 in 2.78 1 in 3.12 -2%
Brand Journey Trends – Investment Markets
Note: Investment Markets weighted according to relative arrivals – China = 32%, Italy = 43% and Japan = 25%; Closure Ratio = Visited in Past 18 Months / Sought Info in the Past; All rating questions have been analyzed using top 2 box approachSource: SAT BrandTracker Nov-06 through Nov-09 (merged for each year)
In Investment Markets, South Africa’s performance has improved on most of the Brand Journey metrics in 2009, compared to 2008; however, a slight drop in Visitation has led to a drop in Closure Ratio
Objective 4 : SA Tourism to be the Best Tourism Organization by 2010(will be replaced, effective 1/4/2011, by SA Tourism to be a Top 20 Best-Company-to-Work-for by 2012*)
As decided by the Annual Tourism Awards Committee of the World Tourism Organization, and as attested to by the most credible award committees in our chosen core markets
*As measured in the annual Deloitte Best-Company-to-Work-for survey that will take place during June/July 2012
International Olympic Committee will host the International Olympic Committee’s 123rd Congress in in 2011Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE)
The Society of Incentive Travel Executives (SITE) has selected to host its International Conference in December 2010. The event will bring the leaders of the design and delivery of motivational experiences and travel rewards, a multi-billion dollar global industry, to the City
Two South African companies also walked away with a SITE Crystal award in 2009:- Terra Nova won a SITE Crystal Award for “Most Outstanding Motivational programme 2009”- Dragonfly Africa won a SITE Crystal Award for the “Most Outstanding Sustainable Motivational Experience
2009”Great Wine Capitals Global Network Rust en Vrede Restaurant in Stellenbosch was announced Global Winner in the 2010 Best of Wine Tourism award in
the Wine Tourism Restaurants category.S. Pellegrino 100 World’s Best Restaurant Awards
S. Pellegrino 100 World’s Best Restaurant put two South African restaurants in the 2010 top 50 world’s best restaurants
La Colombe in Constantia (12th place up from 38 last year); Le Quartier Francais in Franschoek (31st place, up from 37th place in 2009)South African restaurants in the top 100 in 2009: Le Quartier Francais in Franschoek La Colombe in Constantia Jardine’s Aubergine Rust en Vrede in Stellenbosch
Chinese Tourists Welcoming Award 2009 The won the bronze award in the internet/new media category of the 2009 Chinese Tourists Welcoming Award which were announced in April during China Outbound Tourist and Trade Market in .
Luxury Tourism Awards 2009 has been awarded in the Best Entertainment Category of the Luxury Tourism Awards 2009 held at the International Luxury Travel Exhibition held in
Travel & Leisure World’s Best Awards readers’ survey
Cape Town has been voted second in the world’s top City in the 2009 Travel and Leisure online pollThe following SA hotels have been voted the world's top 100 hotels for 2009 in an online poll by Travel & Leisure
magazine: Bushmans Kloof, Western Cape, Cedarberg Mountains (1st place) Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve (Earth Lodge), Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Kruger National Park (3rd place) Singita Sabi Sand, Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Kruger National Park (6th place) Twelve Apostles Hotel & Spa in Western Cape, Cape Town (15th place) , Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Kruger National Park (24th place) , Kruger National Park (25th place) , Eastern Cape (27th place) Hotel, Gauteng, Johannesburg (29th place) (29th place) , Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Kruger National Park (34th place) , Western Cape, Franschhoek Valley (60th place) , Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Kruger National Park (77th place)
16th World Travel Awards. Saxon Boutique Hotel & Spa – World’s Leading Boutique Hotel Thanda Private Game Reserve - World's Leading Luxury Lodge The Blue Train - World's Leading Luxury Train Shamwari Game Reserve – World’s Leading Conservation Company
(5th place)– Top World 100 Best bargains An African Villa, , , (24th place)– Top World 100 Best bargains 54 , , (54th place)– Top World 100 Best bargains (4th place)– Top World 10 Hidden Gems (2nd place)– Best World Service (8th place)– Top 100 Best Luxury Shamwari Game Reserve, (82nd place)– Top 100 Best Luxury
Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Awards
has been named Global Winner of Wildlife Conservations Programs (2009) in the third annual Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Awards
International Wine and Spirits Competition
South African brandy, KWV Founders Reserve Brandy, won gold at the International Wine and Spirits Competition hosted July 2009 in
US Incentive Industry Award South African Tourism’s operation has been named a 2009 winner of Incentive magazine’s prestigious Platinum Partner Award. More than 65,000 of ’s most qualified travel industry decision-makers selected the people, products and services that helped them most in motivating their employees and customers over the past year.
Sustainability is named as one of the 2020 Global Sustainability Centers by The New York Ethisphere Institute
Conference and Incentive Travel Magazine’s Hot List 2009
was voted Best Incentive Destination in the inaugural Conference and Incentive Travel magazine’s 2009 Hot List.
2009 Condé Nast Readers’ Travel Awards
is voted eighth (8) in the top 20 overseas cities category. ranked eight (8) has reader’s favourite country as a result of it diverse range of
attractions and activities. Pride of Africa, Rovos Rail was voted third (3) as the reader’s favourite train experience
due to its child friendly facilities. Blue Train ranked tenth (10) in the favourite train experience (10).
ABTA Travel Trends Report ABTA has named South Africa as a top destination for 2010.The annual report cites ‘x-factor destinations’ - those with something new and unique to offer.
Overview of SAT’s financial position and financial performance for the 2009/10 financial year
• SA Tourism’s total expenditure increased by 17% from R 724,27 million in 2008/9 to R 849,15 in 2009/10, leaving a net surplus of R 13,35 million (2008/9: R 6.94 million). The surplus related entirely to the acquisition of capital items as well as the capatilisation of intangible assets (including ongoing website improvement).
• A total increase of 19% over the previous year of SA Tourism’s funding, representing 80.7% (2008/9: 79%) of R 699.49 million (2008/9: R 586.09 million) of total revenue, came from Government.
• Other revenue of R 167.26 million (2008/9: R 154.86 million), an increase of 8% over 2008/9, was earned from voluntary Tourism levies, interest received, exhibitions, grading activities, sale of marketing items, sale of advertisement space in publications and raising sponsorships.
• Total non current assets comprising of PPE, staff loans and intangible assets decreased by 14% (2009/10 R 74.31 million , 2008/9: R 86.9 million).
• Approximately 40% (R 3.71 million ) of total costs on PPE for the year (R9.20) was spent on acquisition of furniture and fittings.
• Approximately 99% (R 1.73 million ) of total costs on intangible assets for the year (R 1.74 million) was spent on website costs.
• Cash and cash equivalents increased by 38% (2009/10 R 224.66 million , 2008/9: R 162.61 million).
• Total current assets increased by 151% (2009/10 R 300.39 million, 2008/9: R 199.41 million) largely due to prepayments classified under trade and other receivables while overall total assets increased by 31% (2009/10 R 374.69 million ,2008/9: R 286.32 million)
Overview of SAT’s financial position and financial performance for the 2009/10 financial year (cont.)
• Trade and other payables (2009/10 R 209.77 million, 2008/9: R 180.55 million) representing approximately 76% (2008/9: 89%) of total current liabilities (2008/09 R 275.92 million, 2008/9: R 203.09 million) increased by 16% over the previous financial year.
• Total non current liabilities comprising of provisions and finance lease liabilities decreased by 8% (2009/10 R 13.09 million, 2008/9: R 14.19 million) whilst total liabilities increased by 33% (2009/10 R 289.02 million, 2008/9: 217.28 million) over 2008/9 financial year.
• Accumulated surplus increased by 25% (2009/10 R 68.17 million, 2008/9: R 54.57 million) over the previous year. It largely represents tangible and non-tangible assets on SA Tourism’s Statement of Financial position.
Overview of SAT’s financial position and financial performance for the 2009/10 financial year (cont.)
Overall, we reached 1,262 Billion consumers with 5900 brand spots, 3800 vignettes, 2992 billboards and 84 Million online impressions in the 2009/10 fiscal.
Tourist arrivals for the first 4 months of 2010 grew by 16.3% over the same period in 2009 to reach 1,886,523. This was driven by a growth in all markets
Areas of co-operation with stakeholdersStakeholder Details of co-operation
• TBCSA & TOMSA 1.1 SAT is co-funded from voluntary tourism levies collected and SAT therefore offers some specific benefits for establishments that collects TOMSA levies
1.2 SAT and TBCSA, which represents all tourism business associations, jointly addresses the industry once a year in all provinces and have bilateral meeting quarterly
2. Provincial Tourism Authorities CEO’s Forum (now called the Marketing Working Group) meeting quarterly where SAT CEO meets Provincial CEO’s to share Business Plans & Budgets and discuss specific marketing issues including joint marketing projects. SANParks, SANBI and TEP also attend. The CMO convenes the quarterly marketing forum with provincial marketing managers.
3. Fedhasa, ASATA and SATSA Sharing of information
4. DEAT public entities & programmes:
4.1 SANPARKS
4.2 SA Weather service
4.3 SANBI
4.4 TEP
Lobby SANPARKS to also start collecting TOMSA levies. Provide exhibition space at exhibitions at beneficial rates
Share information
Share information
Joint funding of ETEYA project
5. IMC, GCIS and the Department of Trade & Investment
Sharing of information and joint marketing activities
6. SAPS Quarterly meetings with Provincial SAPS leadership
7. Match & LOC Ongoing liaison on Confederations Cup and 2010 Soccer World Cup8. Miptech and Minmec Sharing of information on obtaining inputs on high-level marketing issues. SAT’s
CEO attends both meetings.9. Departments of International Relations & Cooperation and South African embassies overseas
Total - 10,193,585 Air – 2,365,096 Land – 7,834,324
Total – 6,329,643 Air – 1,682,209 Land –4,647,434
Foreign visitor arrivals increased by 13.3% in the first 7 months of 2010. There has been good growth across all regions in the first 7 months of 2010 with the Americas recording the highest growth of 41.2% in this period. Both Europe and Asia & Australasia also recorded growth of 8.9% and 29% respectively. This strong growth has been as a result of the 2010 FIFA World Cup which saw a 12.8% in the first six months of 2010 and 39.3% in J une 2010 compared to J une 2009. Africa also recorded good growth with stronger performance from the air markets (15.4%) and 9.6% growth from the land markets.
Spend in SA Total – R8,700 Air – R14,200 Land – R7,100
Total – R9,400 Air – R12,500 Land – R8,400
Average spend per trip increased by 2% overall driven by an increase in spend per trip by arrivals from Africa land markets (up 15%). Tourists from land markets tend to spend the most on shopping for business use and this to drives up their spend per trip. Tourists from the air markets spent -20% less per trip in the first 6 months of 2010 compared to 2009. This decrease in spend could in part be explained by the depreciation of major currencies of the US dollar (-21%), Euro (-22%) and Pound (-19%) against the Rand between the first 6 months of 2009 and 2010. Tourists from air markets are still suffering the effects of the global financial crisis which has left high levels of unemployment in certain markets.
1 Arrivals data is for the period J an to J uly 2010; all other data is for the period J an to J une 2010 2 Data is showing visitor arrivals as the targets have been set on all visitor arrivals to SA. There is insufficient data on tourist arrivals to SA to set targets for tourist arrivals – we need a minimum of 5 years of tourist arrivals data to set targets.
Length of stay Air – 10% modal shift Land - +1 night
Total: 7.8 nights Air –16.2 nights Land – 5.2 nights
Leisure tourists remain the most attractive and largely come from air markets as the tourists from land markets visit frequently and stay between 1 and 2 nights which impact the overall length of stay. The global trend is towards shorter holidays and this has intensified as consumers try to manage their tight budgets following the global financial crisis. The importance of direct flights is highlighted by the fact the tourists lose time in transit and are therefore left with fewer nights to spend in SA. The land markets primarily visit for shopping and therefore it is difficult to increase length of stay.
Transformation As per tourism scorecard
We are on target in terms of both employment equity and procurement
We will be employing Empowerdex to do a rating of SAT
1 Arrivals data is for the period J an to J uly 2010; all other data is for the period J an to J une 2010
We are still in process of studying the impact of the 2010 FIFA World cup
• Impact of 2010 FIFATM World Cup on ‘Brand South Africa’ - analyze Brand Tracker (Regular + Lite) survey data to track the changes in perception about South Africa as a leisure destination across the globe. SAT commissioned a shorter version of the existing Brand Tracker study to understand the movement in key brand indicators post the World Cup
• Impact of 2010 FIFATM World Cup on International Tourism –analyse Departure survey data to evaluate in detail the impact of World Cup on International tourism. SAT extended the scope of the Departure Survey in the months of June and July to ensure that a larger sample of “World Cup” respondents are sampled
• Impact of 2010 FIFATM World Cup on Domestic Tourism – evaluate the impact of World Cup on South Africa’s Domestic tourism, by analysing data from Domestic survey
Aug 31, 2010 (Trade Invest Africa/All Africa Global Media viaCOMTEX) -- With the end of the FIFA 2010 World Cup just over a month ago, South Africa can be proud of pulling off an amazing event, which in many ways showed off the best that the country has to offer. The question, which everyone is now concerned about is what happens now? Will the South African economy be able to capitalise on the momentum or will we be stuck with a World Cup hangover that never seems to go away?
To inspire people to visit South Africa & get a glimpse of what we have to offer, we have developed this campaign. This campaign allows us to showcase South Africa as a breakthrough destination & reinforces reasons to believe in a real & authentic way.
In May/June 2010 4 couples from the UK, USA, India & Nigeria got to experience an incredible adventure in South Africa. Filmed in South Africa – the group started together but went on four different journeys around the country, enjoying 20 amazing experiences in 10 days. While they were here, their experiences, adventures, responses & emotions were all captured on camera. They journeys were developed into 4 brand TVC’s that will flight on global platforms (CNN EMEA, CNN USA, BBC, Fox & cinema).
The campaign will also be driven online through various social media with 360 integrated portal on the SAT’s homepage.
1. Winning in 2011/12 is about pushing harder and leveraging our phenomenal Brand awareness/positivity from the 2010 World Cup. It took the UK 25 years to host the Cricket, Rugby and Football World Cups. South Africa achieved this in 15 years.
1. Our key marketing strategy will continue to focus on protecting our leadership in wildlife and adventure which will be supported by our hospitality and welcoming people. The critical factor is to develop a stronger ‘emotional connection’ with our people/destination and our consumer heartland. Building our emotional positioning will assist us in our strategy to engage and convert more visitors as opposed to just building awareness in the Global space.
3.The advertising medium will move more towards personalised customised communication mainly through online media/campaigns for conversion. However, we are still building Global awareness but traditional advertising will be used strategically to complement our 360 brand communication strategy.
1. Launch new Global BIG Idea with new images to support 2011/12 campaign that improves conversion and relevancy.
a. Build positive awareness by developing fewer and bigger executions that can be leveraged online and on global platforms. (Discover why South Africa hosted the most experiential and adventurous World Cup)
b. Develop stronger emotional connections with SA people/key experiences – Key is to focus on experiences that are highly memorable.
1. Global Media
a. Assess media landscape and develop Global media strategy that talks to the hearts and minds of our core target audience
b. Global media buy to cover massive opportunities in Africa , Asia + South America
3. eMarketing to form even bigger part of marketing activity leveraging social media platforms and key travel sites.
4. National convention and events bureau to be set up to enhance national bidding capacity and delegate boosting. (examples: Climate change, Airport games, Architects congress, Cardiology, Olympics, etc.)
• Our competitiveness – 16.1 arrivals per job; revenue low• Barriers to travel – Value; safety remain • Risks – natural disasters; economic recession• Transformation is slow• Positioning – our culture is undersold and under packaged• Oversupply in the industry driven by world cup
Research confirms that this represents the biggest deterrent to aggressively growing tourist arrivals to South Africa over the next 5 years. SA Tourism will continue to work with its stakeholders in Government and the private sector to address this.
Following the recent completion of the Safety and Security study, we will now draft a letter from our Board to the Minister of Tourism and the Office of the President given the earlier Board decision in this regard (see the separate slide on this topic from our recent research on this matter, we now know that crime is costing South Africa R 32,22 billion per annum in lost foreign direct spend from tourists and 183 000 direct jobs lost per annum).
2. Provincial- and Local Authority Tourism Authorities
Like in most other countries, South Africa needs to create a culture of more domestic travel as that is the biggest contributor to sustainable businesses and jobs in tourism industry. Realizing that the bulk of domestic tourism growth should come from the metropolitan areas, Provincial Tourism Authorities should be encouraged to spend the bulk of their budgets on:
2.1 the aggressive promotion of travel to their provinces within the metropolitan areas (e.g. through billboards and radio advertising) and not on overseas marketing and travelling (which is SA Tourism’s primary responsibility);
2.2 creating a culture of a “welcoming-towards international- and-domestic-tourists” public in their provinces that will also be the eyes and ears of Government (to deter/report crime).
• Please note that the 2009/10 Africa figure includes Indaba•2010/11 strategy for Americas & Europe Portfolio’s are to stabilise while we increase funding in Africa and Asia Portfolio’s•Finance’s & Office of the CEO’S 2008/9 audited figures were negative due to exchange profits
Changes to SAT’s non-financial resources during the 2011/12 financial year
1. People1.1. Number of employees
SA Tourism’s current staff complement of 174 will be increased by 3 staff members to 177 to cater for the Luanda office staff effective 1 April 2011 (Country Manager, Trade Relations/Marketing Communications Manager and Finance & Admin Manager). No other changes will take place in terms of SA Tourism’s staff compliment until 31 March 2012 and sufficient provision has been made in the budget to fund it.
No changes are necessary in SAT’s current 15 business units.
• Office of the CEO/COO (including Legal, Internal Audit & Admin)• Human Resources• Africa Portfolio (including Domestic Marketing)• Asia, Australasia and Americas Portfolio• Europe & UK Portfolio• Events• Business Tourism• Central Marketing (including Global Brand, Channel & Agency Management)• E-Business• Research• PR & Comms• Product & Itinerary • Finance• TGCSA• Business Systems (previously known as IT)
Changes to SAT’s non-financial resources effective 1 April 2011
The budget cuts of R 50,4 million, R 53,4 million and R 57,0 million over the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 financial years have been fully catered for and no staff reduction or office closures are foreseen until 31 March 2012 unless the Rands weakens dramatically against major currencies in which case the situation will be re-assessed.
SA Tourism’s KPI’s and targets for 2011/2 (get from Gomo)
SA Tourism’s KPI’s and targets for 2011/12 (please note that a projection for a financial year, e.g. 2011/12 will lead to the achievement or non-achievement of a projection during the previous calendar year, in this case the 2011 calendar year)
Indicator Programme/ Activity Past Current Projected
• Setting up of national conventions and events bureau – critical bidding support, positioning for meetings/events and research. Linked to Sports bidding strategy with SRSA
• Staff development and internal communication to drive results focussed and people centred organisation. To make SAT a top best company to work for. Also look at succession planning and coaching.
• Stakeholder management intra-government especially Home Affairs; DIRCO; DOT, Arts and Culture and Safety and Security
• Quality assurance and visitor experience – new grading critieria to be launched.