Comments on: Kortbroek goes probing

By: 6000

6000 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:15:44 +0000

HH > Well June & July will be high season here because of the World Cup. Which is fair enough. But some people are just taking the p!55 and doubling their (or worse) their high season rates.

Julius > Dude, you have a problem with everyone right now.

Stan > And what are the Government going to do with the data anyway? Look at it and nod sagely?

Champagne Heathen > Well, the airline probe is ongoing for domestic flights. But I agree – the prices to get to SA in the first place are huge. Especially when you compare them with Germany 06 – I mentioned the HUGE variety of travel options there before. But the low numbers of international flights means that supply and demand kicks in again. The global recession is partly to blame for that. We might have expected more airlines expanding their range and flying to SA if it hadn’t been for the huge hits their profits have taken over the past couple of years. That would have at leat imporved the “supply” element.

By: Champagne Heathen

Champagne Heathen — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:29:44 +0000

Where I am still baffled is why are they only focusing on hotels & restaurants though… while the airline companies blatantly do the same. How are these hoteliers hoping the tourists reach them, if the tourists spent all their cash just on flying to Oli Tambo, let alone being able to afford flying onwards to other cities!
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By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:31:43 +0000

I wonder how much Grant Thornton are ripping off the taxpayer to do a survey into how much the tourism industry is ripping off the public. Someone at Grant Thornton is having a good laugh!

By: Julius Malema

Julius Malema — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:31:46 +0000

If there is corruption going on in the WC, my comrades, it has 100% to do with the Zille-monsta.
Eish, that lady give me troubles…

By: Helga Hansen

Helga Hansen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:17:55 +0000

OMG! What an unfortunate name!!

“June and July will be high season in South Africa” – since when??? It’s not as if SA has a thriving winter sports history. I know there’s an SA okie competing in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but I’m betting he doesn’t train at Tiffindell!!

As an aside, when I Googled skiing in SA, one of the websites [www.skisouthafrica.co.za] has been suspended – they must be swamped with people accessing them for their June/July “high” season rates!!