The Industrial Development Corporation's (IDC's) Tourism Business Unit finances capital expenditure in tourism businesses.
The SMEDP is a cash grant incentive scheme which offers assistance to tourism-related enterprises in South Africa. Assistance is provided to either new or expansion projects. The following are examples of projects that are eligible: Businesses classified as providers of short-term accommodation e.g.
The poverty-relief programme was established by government to alleviate poverty in South Africa. The tourism branch within the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism was allocated funding to support projects of a tourism nature.
The International Tourism Marketing Assistance Scheme (ITMAS) provides partial compensation to businesses for certain costs incurred in respect of activities aimed at promoting tourism to South Africa.
The International Tourism Marketing Assistance Scheme (ITMAS) provides partial compensation to businesses for certain costs incurred for activities aimed at promoting tourism to South Africa.
The Chief Directorate: Tourism Development has an annual budget for funding projects which help to grow the tourism industry. This growth can be realised in many ways, for example through job creation, training or infrastructure development.
The Tourism Learnership Project (TLP) is a Business Trust initiative that was founded to speed up the provision of learnerships and skills programmes with a view to promoting better service and productivity in the tourism, hospitality and conservation sub-sectors.
The aim of Cape Town Tourism is to position Cape Town as a world-class tourist destination and as South Africa's premier conference, incentive, leisure and events destination, whilst maximising economic spin-offs and job creation. The development of internationally known tourism icons is an important priority.