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Brisk trade and keen interest in destination South Africa reported as Indaba wins premier World Travel Award for best African travel show INDABA 2008 has shattered last year’s record with more than 13,200 delegates (with headcount for the final day still to come in) attending this year’s show compared to last year’s 12,340, so confirming Indaba’s status as one of the top three in the world and certainly Africa’s top travel trade show.

Highest achievement in travel and tourism for Indaba and South African Tourism DESTINATION South Africa and the South African travel and tourism industry had every reason in the world to celebrate as two prestigious World Travel Awards were bestowed last night respectively on South African Tourism (named best destination marketing organisation in Africa) and on Indaba (named Africa’s leading travel exhibition).

The third annual Welcome Awards ceremony, held in Durban’s Albert Luthuli Convention Center at the Tourism Indaba, recognised and honoured service excellence in the tourism and hospitality industry.

GLOBAL and media attention becomes more focused on South Africa as FIFA 2010 World Cup host nation, and not always for the right reasons.

Tourism’s ‘incredible feat’: 1,415 percent growth since democracy The biggest ever Indaba kicked off last night with a colourful ceremony infused with excitement over the 2010 Soccer World Cup and the invaluable opportunities it will bring to the tourism industry and South Africa as a whole.