South African Tourism recently conducted research into foreign spending on medical care in South Africa. It increased from R582m (€39m) in 2013, to R961m (€64m) in 2015 with the majority of tourists originating from Europe. Those arriving by air from African countries has also increased.

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Last week’s poll: Are electrically powered vehicles the future for game drives?

Last week Tourism Update asked readers if electrically powered vehicles would become the future for game drives. 7% said ‘We already use electrically powered vehicles for game drives; 70% said ‘We would be interested to learn more about how to incorporate them’; and 23% said ‘We do not consider them a viable alternative’.