South Africa is a bucket list destination for any traveller - the Kruger National Park is home to the Big Five, the iconic Table Mountain is a must-see and its beaches are unparalleled in beauty. Despite many countries around the world preparing to open their borders to tourists, a holiday in South Africa will likely be off the cards until 2021. share this article . 13 May 2020.

SA borders closed until February 2021? South Africa is taking an extremely cautious approach to the coronavirus crisis, closing its borders to international tourism until 2021. Even Australia who many thought could remain closed until well into 2021 has proposed a timetable to open to safe countries soon. The world is changing fast and to keep up you need local knowledge with global context.The world is changing fast and to keep up you need local knowledge with global context.Despite many countries around the world preparing to open their borders to tourists, a holiday in South Africa will likely be off the cards until 2021.Despite many countries around the world preparing to open their borders to tourists, a holiday in South Africa will likely be off the cards until 2021.Listen to the story of Cyril Ramaphosa's rise to presidential power, narrated by our very own Alec Hogg. South Africa’s government has announced that it won’t be opening its borders to outsiders till February 2021. “We invite our tourism industry partners to participate in the development of these protocols,” said Tshifhiwa.“It is very important for SA's tourism industry to speak as one voice when approaching government regarding lockdown and related matters.”When SAA is revived, are you planning to support the airline? At a parliamentary committee meeting scheduled for 9th June, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa said it would argue ‘unequivocally’ for international tourism to return as early as September.As it stands now, South Africa is the most affected country in sub-Saharan Africa by the outbreak of the pandemic. Hotels and recreational facilities have had to close down all over the world.This happens to have caused some countries to lift the ban on the lockdown and public gatherings. Hotels and recreational facilities have had to close down all over the world. After a joint meeting of South Africa’s Department of Tourism, Portfolio Committee on Tourism, and the Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour, A Tourism Recovery Plan is being drafted by the Portfolio Committee to help local economies endure a summer and fall without tourism. South Africa– Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07. For more information on how we use cookies consult our revised 10 treasure chests containing $1 million each to be hidden across the USAmtrak is having a buy-one-get-one sale for private rooms on its most beautiful routesWombats are the heroes of the Australian fires, sheltering animals in their burrowsThis small and remote Scottish island is looking for new residentsYou can now rent the last surviving Blockbuster store on Airbnb This is the message to readers of the popular travel section of The Telegraph newspaper and news website in Britain. T his is a developing story. Check out 10 Best Places to Visit in South Africa below: Countries like In spite of this, some countries like South Africa are not looking to reopen their borders any time soon as a way to protect its inhabitants from the Covid-19 virus.South Africa’s Department of Tourism in a government briefing on 27th May said it didn’t expect domestic tourism to be fully allowed until December this year, and that international tourism wouldn’t return at all until February 2021.This news is however not accepted by all as industry groups in the country are lobbying the government for an earlier reopening. Are you surprised to see South Africa remain closed to international tourism until 2021? So this applies to every time a country decides to close its borders / ban tourists / put stringent rules on incoming tourists.