Sustainable tourism tops Africa's Travel Indaba
At this year's Africa's Travel Indaba, exhibitors have been encouraged to come up with innovative ideas to save our planet.
Tourism KZN's Phindile Makwakwa's highlighted the recent natural disaster in Mozambique - Cyclone Idai. She says it's time for action.
"What has happened in Mozambique shows us that we cannot continuously market our destinations without recognising the impact of climate change."
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SA Tourism's Amanda Kotze-Nhlapo says they want to take responsibility.
"Tourism needs to be responsible. We know that we are contributing to all that so-called negative part of it. So how do we give back? It isn't just about greening. It's about being responsible in what we do. For instance, people are building big stands. What do we do to help them and how do they reuse what they are building?," Kotze-Nhlapo said.
Officials have been speaking at the launch of the day three indaba - that starts on the 2nd of May at Durban's ICC.
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