{"id":864,"date":"2024-10-03T21:49:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/?p=864"},"modified":"2024-10-03T21:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:49:28","slug":"fanfare-at-world-tourism-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Fanfare at World Tourism Day celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Carnavon<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Minister for Tourism, Ms. Patricia de Lille joined by the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Blade Ndzimande , Deputy Minister for Tourism, Ms Makhotso Magdeline Sotyu and MEC for Finance, Economic Development, and Tourism, Ms Venus Blennies recently led the World Tourism Day Celebration in Carnarvon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">As part of the celebrations, the country\u2019s Astro-tourism strategy was also launched under the theme; Tourism and Peace &#8211; 30 years of connecting people to Places and Cultures. The Astro-tourism strategy promotes scientific advancement and South Africa\u2019s Natural beauty.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The focus for the 2024 Tourism Day is on promoting Astro-Tourism, which in itself will benefit the Northen Cape with its rich potential for Astrophysics and Science.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Minister De Lille in her address emphasised the importance of the Tourism sector to create jobs and job opportunities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">MEC Blennies highlighted the importance of collaboration between government and scientific communities to leverage these opportunities for sustainable development in Carnavon and the surrounding areas.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tourism Day is celebrated annually as part of Tourism Month.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carnavon The Minister for Tourism, Ms. Patricia de Lille joined by the Minister for Science,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixleyindependent.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}