Wednesday, 06 February 2008

Open skies will boost tourism and the economy

Neil Emerick
STRICT government regulations allow only certain airlines to use certain airports and only at certain times. This political restriction of our skies is inefficient and hurts not only our tourist industry but also the development of SA as a regional hub for international business.
Recently, the Brenthurst Foundation published a report that showed how liberalisation of Africa’s skies would increase tourism and business generally. It showed how development of regional hubs in Dubai and Singapore has allowed these cities to grow not only their air traffic but also to expand business in wider infrastructure — cargo, trade and import-export services.

Source:
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/saexporter.aspx?ID=BD4A697523

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