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Friday, April 3, 2009

SOUTH AFRICA - THE GOOD NEWS


SA popular destination for Swedes

Wednesday, 18 February 2009
South Africa is a highly rated travel destination among Swedes, according to the 2009 Global Travel Awards, held in Stockholm earlier this month.

The prestigious awards ceremony is hosted annually by Travel News, an independent monthly tourism magazine for Scandinavian travellers. The panel of judges includes editors of the magazine as well as senior officials of the Swedish travel trade.This year’s awards took place at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm.The judges gave South Africa an overall point score of 5.09 out of a possible 6 points. Thailand, with a point score of 5.18, won the “Best Country” award.South Africa was placed ahead of six other destinations in this category - the USA, Italy,Spain, Greece, Turkey and Egypt.

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