South Africas leading tourism associations have collectively decided not to hand over almost R500 million US28.6 million in collected TOMSA Levy funds to the countrys official destination marketing agency, SA Tourism.
The levy, a voluntary private-sector led 1 charge on travel and tourism services collected from tourism businesses and administered by the Tourism Business Council of South Africa TBCSA, has historically been handed over to SA Tourism to support global marketing campaigns.
Audit concerns raisedSpeaking at the launch of SATSA Conference 2025 in Johannesburg this week, SATSA CEO David Frost said the TBCSA was not obliged to hand over the funding to SA Tourism. We have established mechanisms over the past several years to try and engage SA Tourism in an understanding of what happens to that money and to have a greater say, but its been a fairly arduous process. At the same time, theyve had qualified audits, said Frost.
