On the domestic front, overnight trips from January to November 2022 reached 29.8 million trips, 139.4% over the same period in 2021. Over these eleven months, 2022 has performed better than 2021 but it is still not Arrivals from the Americas increased by 227.0% and represented 285,446 arrivals. The total number of arrivals from Europe in this period of 2022 was 778,222. The biggest region in terms of real numbers was African Land with a 126.1% increase in arrivals when compared with January to November 2021. Arrivals in November 2022 were 565,758 arrivals. Tourism, a critical contributor to the economyĬumulative arrivals for the January to November 2022 period increased by 151.9% to reach 5.0 million arrivals over the same period in 2021.

There will also be a variety of business-driven talks and discussions. Meetings Africa will be preceded by the Business Opportunity Networking Day (BONDAy) on 27 February with the official opening of the trade show taking place on 28 February. Meetings Africa's BONDay to provide educational sessions for attendees 'This summit will help African venues to benchmark themselves against the global standards, to brand and position themselves based on what people are looking for in an internationally recognised venue.' Khumalo says the summit is critical for the continent, to ensure that Africa’s conferencing facilities are on par with those from the rest of the world. The Africa chapter of the AIPC Summit was born out of a partnership between the South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB), a business unit of South African Tourism and the AIPC.

In keeping with the spirit of renewed energy, this year’s Meetings Africa will, for the first time, host the International Association of Convention Centres (AIPC) Summit. In addition to this, South African Tourism has partnered with all nine provinces to host Meetings Africa familiarisation pre and post-tours for hosted buyers and media to experience South Africa’s business events facilities and establishments. Meetings Africa features a global, hosted buyer programme for optimal interaction between buyers and exhibitors. Khumalo adds that South Africa seeks to use Meetings Africa as 'a tool to forge even more partnerships by offering various opportunities to meet face-to-face with the most influential buyers in the world.' Our new look represents this new injection of energy and is an emphasis on the importance that we place on connections.' Connecting people and ideas We want to create opportunities for Africa’s business events sector so that we can all grow back more vital than ever before. 'Meetings Africa aims to contribute to helping African business events players restart and grow.

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