Ambrosio Spinola
12-01-2005, 10:34 AM
LMAO...The wonders of other "civilizations".
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Forty German travel agents on a sponsored trip to learn about tourism opportunities in South Africa were robbed at gunpoint in their tour bus in a township near Cape Town, South African Tourism said on Thursday.
"This is an appalling incident and our deepest concern goes to those affected," South African Tourism chief executive officer Moeketsi Mosola said in a statement.
Two gunmen boarded the travel agents' bus in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town, on Wednesday and demanded passengers hand over their valuables and money before fleeing the scene, the agency statement said.
Trauma counselling was provided for those affected by the robbery, and two travel agents later accepted an offer to cut short their trip and return home, it said.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of violent crime in the world, although officials have been trying hard to reverse the country's dangerous image and boost its tourism sector which is already booming.
"It is ultimately up to every single South African to realise the enormous benefits tourism brings to our country," Mosola said. "An incident such as this has significantly negative consequences for everyone."
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-12-01T075047Z_01_WRI128202_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-CRIME-SAFRICA-TOURISM.XML&archived=False
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Forty German travel agents on a sponsored trip to learn about tourism opportunities in South Africa were robbed at gunpoint in their tour bus in a township near Cape Town, South African Tourism said on Thursday.
"This is an appalling incident and our deepest concern goes to those affected," South African Tourism chief executive officer Moeketsi Mosola said in a statement.
Two gunmen boarded the travel agents' bus in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town, on Wednesday and demanded passengers hand over their valuables and money before fleeing the scene, the agency statement said.
Trauma counselling was provided for those affected by the robbery, and two travel agents later accepted an offer to cut short their trip and return home, it said.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of violent crime in the world, although officials have been trying hard to reverse the country's dangerous image and boost its tourism sector which is already booming.
"It is ultimately up to every single South African to realise the enormous benefits tourism brings to our country," Mosola said. "An incident such as this has significantly negative consequences for everyone."