Is a Covid-19 vaccination certificate going to be a necessity for international travel from 2021 onwards?
Yes (85%)
No (15%)
After all the lockdowns are over globally, and people start to travel, will consumers demand a kinder, greener, more sustainable, more socially-aware, LEISURE travel experience?
Yes, regardless of the expense, there will be a new age of travel after Covid-19. (13%)
Yes, but only if it bears a very small increase in prices. (20%)
No, they will always go for the cheapest. (35%)
No they just want what they want, sustainable or not. (32%)
Which holidays show the highest demand for South Africans’ Xmas holidays?
KZN (25%)
Western Cape (37%)
Gauteng (2%)
Bush safaris in SA (14%)
Holidays outside SA, but in Africa (5%)
Zanzibar (10%)
Seychelles (3%)
Mozambique (3%)
Europe (1%)
US (0%)
Now that our borders have (sort of) opened, how’s business? Compared with October 2019, how much business do you expect to write during the month of October 2020?
Only 10-30% of October 2019’s figures (85%)
Only 30-60% of October 2019’s figures (10%)
Only 60-90% of October 2019’s figures (2%)
Roughly the same as October 2019’s figures (2%)
10-30% more than October 2019’s figures (1%)
30-60% more than October 2019’s figures (0%)
60-100% more than October 2019’s figures (1%)
In your opinion, which of the following will put travellers off international travel?
Fear of catching Covid on flight or in airport transport (10%)
Fear of having to be hospitalised for Covid in foreign country (7%)
Fear of having inadequate travel insurance to cover hospitalisation (3%)
Fear of having to unexpectedly quarantine on arrival at a destination (36%)
Fear of getting caught in a lockdown in a foreign country (28%)
Fear of not being able to come home because of a lockdown in SA (16%)
Comair (BA Comair and kulula.com) should soon start flying (December 1) after spending five months on the tarmac. They are still in business rescue until March 31 2021. Will you and your clients book on these two carriers once they start flying again?
Yes (85%)
No (15%)
About the Phase II COVID-19 Loan Guarantee Scheme… If you applied for this, was your application successful?
Yes (8%)
No (92%)
Agents only - if regional borders were to open and travel "bubbles" created before 1 November, between SA and Mauritius, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania (Zanzibar) would it keep you in business until 2021?
Yes, that's what we need (66%)
No, it's too late, people will already have made bookings for local Xmas holidays (24%)
No, regional bookings are done direct, online (10%)
Are you marketing to locals for domestic leisure travel?
Yes, temporarily until int’l restarts (25%)
Yes, I've always marketed local travel to locals (24%)
Yes, this is going to be a new permanent focus for my business (8%)
No, I have no marketing budget (4%)
No, the revenues and commission are not worth it (13%)
No, locals only book direct, online (26%)
European countries are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases since reopening borders for tourism. Should SA see this as a lesson, and keep borders closed for the rest of this year?
Yes, it is too risky to reopen borders this year. (11%)
No, the travel and tourism sector cannot survive until then. (72%)
Maybe, it depends on whether our case numbers drop significantly in the near future. (18%)
What will make inter-provincial travel the most attractive for South Africans?
Special deals and rock-bottom prices (78%)
Reassurance of total compliance with COVID hygiene rules at every step of their journey (22%)
When SAA is revived, are you planning to support the airline?
Yes, I will give it maximum support (23%)
Only if my client insists on it (37%)
No, I wouldn’t touch it (40%)
With the announcement last week that intra-provincial travel is finally allowed, have you started receiving bookings?
Yes (19%)
No (81%)
SA Deputy Minister of Tourism, Fish Mahlalela, told Travel News’s sister publication, Tourism Update, that borders opening for international travellers was likely to happen in January 2021. Will you be able to hold out that long?
Yes (4%)
Yes, but only if domestic tourism opens up between August and December (24%)
No (71%)
Are you planning to work through December/January this year or take a local holiday?
I am working through Dec/Jan (52%)
We are shutting up shop and taking a holiday (15%)
Half and half (34%)
Is the stamping out of intra-provincial travel affecting your income?
Yes (76%)
No (7%)
I wasn’t working anyway (16%)
There’s been some confusion around the opening of domestic leisure travel. Are you actively selling domestic leisure travel?
Yes (31%)
No (69%)
Have you applied to the Tourism Relief Fund and been successfully paid out?
