Travel agencies in South Africa are reporting an increase in demand from British travelers Friday after the U.K. announced it will lift its COVID-19 travel restrictions to the county.
"The minute the announcement came through we could see on our online booking tools as well as our email inquiries and telephone calls this morning that there was a big surge," Andrew Stark, Flight Centre Travel Group managing director, told the Associated Press."It has been pretty manic."Travel agencies in South Africa are reporting a surge in demand Friday after the U.K. announced it will lift its COVID-19 travel restrictions to the county.
Rosemary Anderson, chairwoman of hospitality association FEDHASA, said she is also seeing"a flurry of activity of South Africans wanting to travel to the U.K. and British people wanting to come to South Africa." "We look forward to welcoming our British visitors in time for the South African summer season and we will continue to work tirelessly with all our national and international partners to ensure the success of South Africa's tourism recovery," Sisulu said in a statement.
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