South African Tourism's most recent statistics

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According to South African Tourism's most recent statistics, overall tourism arrivals for the period January to October 2008 increased by 5.4% totalling 7.8 million arrivals. A breakdown of the statistics reveals that 247 000 Americans visited SA during the period, a 5.3% increase when compared to the same period in 2007. European arrivals increased by 2% while Middle East and Mainland Africa arrivals increased by 13.8% and 6% respectively.

For more on the 44 Places to Go to in 2009 visit www.nytimes.com

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A graphic novel depicting the life of Nelson Mandela has won an American award for children’s literature. Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book won the 2010 Best Book for Older Readers in the Children’s Africana Book Awards from the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association (ASA).

The comic book came about because, “it was a realisation by the Foundation that most kids these days had a good idea of who Nelson Mandela is but not the whole history,” he said.

The award will be presented in November at a ceremony in Washington DC at the National Museum of African Art.

Verne Harris, Head of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Memory Programme, said he was delighted that the book, which was initially designed as a series of comics for South African school children, has been honoured in this way.
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Every country in the world displays some diversity, but South Africa, stretching from the hippos in the Limpopo River to the penguins waddling on the Cape, takes some beating. It befits its position at the southern end of the world’s most epic continent, with more types of terrain than photographers can shake their zoom lens at. There’s the deserted Kalahari, Namakwa’s springtime symphony of wildflowers, iconic Table Mountain and Cape Point, Kruger National Park’s wildlife-stalked savannah (scene of the famous lion-buffalo-crocodile battle watched more than 40 million times on YouTube) and, running through the east of the country and into Lesotho, the Drakensberg. KwaZulu-Natal’s iSimangaliso Wetland Park alone has five distinct ecosystems, attracting both zebras and dolphins

[krishre]

I have to laugh at the ignorant statement about New York City. I've lived here in New York for eighteen years, and have never even seen any crime, let alone experienced any. Unlike the bullsh*t you see in the movies, it's one of the safest big cities in the world, look it up.
To answer the question: no, South Africa is not safe for tourism. It has one of the highest murder, rape and armed robbery stats in the world. More people are killed there daily than die in Iraq.
The blame for all this? The terrorist Nelson Mandela is responsible. Why? He was the one that exhorted the masses of black youth to forego an education for the so-called 'armed struggle' in decades past. The crime is its residue; generations of blacks that know only violence and death as a way of life.

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Tourism numbers grew by 7.6 percent in the first half of 2008, leading officials to optimistically declare that South Africa would attract 10 million visitors per year in 2009. But tourism dropped off dramatically in the second half of 2008, according to businesses, although officials figures have not been released.

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Every country in the world displays some diversity, but South Africa, stretching from the hippos in the Limpopo River to the penguins waddling on the Cape, takes some beating. It befits its position at the southern end of the world’s most epic continent, with more types of terrain than photographers can shake their zoom lens at.

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[Ashlee]

What were the numbers in 2010? I'm sure they were up because of the World Cup but I wonder by how much. On the other hand, there is the world economy that has been hurting over the past couple years which could hurt tourism.

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Libya: Canada to send fighter jets for no-fly zone
A Canadian CF-18 during training in California, in a 2009 file photo The CF-18 can track targets from great distances, at night and in low visibility.
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Canada is sending six fighter jets to help enforce the UN-backed no-fly zone over Libya, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said.

The CF-18 war planes are being deployed from the Bagotville base in Quebec.

The aircraft will be supported by 150 Canadian military personnel, Chief of the Air Staff Lt Gen Andre Deschamps said.

The move comes after the UN Security Council on Thursday backed a no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians.

The Libyan government announced an immediate ceasefire on Friday, only hours after Col Muammar Gaddafi had insisted the Security Council had "no mandate" to implement the no-fly zone.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Libyan government would need to demonstrate it was implementing a ceasefire.
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"We are going to be not responsive or impressed by words, we would have to see actions on the ground and that is not yet at all clear," she said.

The no-fly zone approves "all necessary measures" short of an invasion "to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas" from air attacks from forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

In New York, the 15-member body voted 10-0 in favour, with five abstentions.

Canada's involvement in the no-fly zone would make it one of a number of nations thought to be set to join the engagement, including the US, Britain, France and several Arab states.
'Urgent action'

The Canadian jets will take at least 24 hours to arrive at their destination, which has not been disclosed.

Mr Harper said the situation in Libya "remains intolerable" and that "urgent action" must be taken to support the UN resolution.

"One either believes in freedom or one just says one believes in freedom," he said.

"The Libyan people have shown by their sacrifices that they believe in it. Assisting them is a moral obligation upon those of us who profess this great ideal," he said.

The prime minister, who leads a minority government, said he had spoken to opposition leaders to inform them of the military deployment.

Parliament would be consulted on the matter next week and its approval would be sought if the troops are to be deployed in the region longer than three months, Mr Harper said.

"My position is, if you're going to put troops into combat, into a war situation, I do think for the sake of legitimacy - the government does require the support of Parliament," he said.

Lt Gen Deschamps told reporters that the planes would be shipped on C-130 Hercules jumbo jets and that three had already left the military base by mid-afternoon on Friday.

"Our aircraft will be prepared to take any steps that are necessary to defend themselves and to enforce the sanctions imposed by the United Nations," he said.

The CF-18 aircraft's radar can track targets from great distances, at night and in low visibility, according to the Canadian air force.

Canadian pilots flew the jets in the 1991 Gulf War.
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