In February 2016, five Travel Counsellors visited KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on a week-long educational. Marc Fitchett, Jeanette Coughlan, Claire Walker, Stephen Rowlay and Debbie Bosacki joined Natalie de la Porte, the UK representative for Tourism KwaZulu-Natal (TKZN) and Keith Matthews from the TKZN Durban head office to learn more about this exceptionally diverse area of South Africa. As well as showcasing the destination’s fine food and wine, the itinerary featured many of the

When asked about Durban, many people are only vaguely aware of South Africa’s ‘other’ coastal city. In the tourism industry, we thing mainly about Indaba, the tourism conference hosted at the Durban ICC in May each year. Some are aware that Durban has the busiest container port in Africa. While Cape Town stole the spotlight as the most popular tourist city in South Africa, Durban has been undergoing a major transformation. Not only does it have sandy beaches, warm water and a