To boost tourism growth in the province, Jakada Holdings (Pty) Ltd, in partnership with the Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency (MTPA), will host the inaugural Mpumalanga Tourism Expo at the Riverside Mall in Mbombela (Nelspruit) on September 11 and 12

“The Mpumalanga Tourism Expo will provide a platform for 22 provincial tourism products to showcase their tourism offerings to the local and domestic market,” said Xolani Mthethwa, Founder and CEO of Jakada Holdings.

“Ten hosted buyers from Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal will be invited to attend the expo to interact with the exhibitors to learn about the tourism products on offer in the province,” Mthethwa added.

“We appreciate the hosting and timing of the tourism expo, because September is Tourism Month in South Africa and the event fits perfectly with our tourism month objectives of encouraging the locals to travel in their own province,” said BJ Nobunga, CEO of the MTPA.

“We fully support this initiative as it will assist the province to increase the tourist arrivals, particularly, as we battle with the COVID-19 pandemic.”