Limpopo Business 2017-18 edition
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo. Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo. This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors. To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo.
Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors.
To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Tourism<br />
Cultural tourism is growing fast in <strong>Limpopo</strong>.<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
Rural villagers have been<br />
encouraged to host tourists.<br />
• 80% of game hunting<br />
happens in <strong>Limpopo</strong>.<br />
• Park Inn by Radisson<br />
Polokwane has opened.<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> Province has very varied tourism assets that include<br />
the bare bushveld of the north, misty mountains in the central<br />
highlands, hot springs, a unique cycad forest, great golf courses<br />
and the northern part of the Kruger National Park. There are<br />
numerous private game reserves and many provincial game and nature<br />
reserves.<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>’s national parks are run by South African National Parks<br />
(SANParks). These are Kruger, Mapungubwe and Marakele national<br />
parks. There are more than 50 provincial nature reserves managed by<br />
the <strong>Limpopo</strong> Department of Economic Development, Environment<br />
and Tourism (LEDET). They serve to promote tourism, develop the local<br />
economies and promote ecological conservation. Many of these<br />
reserves are communally owned but jointly managed by the province<br />
and communities.<br />
The provincial government has committed to enhancing the value<br />
of <strong>Limpopo</strong>’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Mapungubwe Heritage<br />
Site and Makapans Valley. This is also a priority programme in the National<br />
Tourism Sector Strategy. The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO<br />
protected site.<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> in 2016/17 attracted 405 734 visitors to the province, generating<br />
an amount of R1.8-billion for the provincial economy.<br />
A new drive to promote home-stays is under way in the northern<br />
part of the province. Promoting<br />
local culture and small enterprises<br />
is in keeping with the designation<br />
of the year <strong>2017</strong> by the United<br />
Nations as the International Year<br />
of Sustainable Tourism.<br />
Getting tourists to eat mopani<br />
worms and learn about local<br />
traditions and cultural practices<br />
would help to generate income<br />
for villages and hamlets otherwise<br />
outside the mainstream<br />
economy.<br />
In support of the arts and<br />
culture sector, a potential area of<br />
growth for tourism in <strong>Limpopo</strong>, a<br />
performance theatre is to be built<br />
in Polokwane.<br />
The Mapungubwe Festival<br />
is growing in stature every year.<br />
In addition to the popular musical<br />
performances, crafters have<br />
an opportunity to display their<br />
crafts and generate good income<br />
during the festivities.<br />
The Marula Festival has been<br />
even more of a success. The event<br />
regularly attracts 30 000 festival-<br />
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