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Tourism sector should 'fight youth unemployment'

───   17:37 Thu, 01 Oct 2015

Tourism sector should 'fight youth unemployment' | News Article

Bloemfontein - The Deputy Minister of Tourism says the tourism industry can fight unemployment among South Africa' youth.

Thoko Xasa was addressing guests at the seventh edition of the National Tourism Expo in Bloemfontein this morning. Xasa said there are unlimited opportunities for learners in the tourism sector.

Tourism MEC Sam Mashinini urged learners to get involved. He wants learners to stop seeing tourism as an inferior subject. The latest figures by Stats SA indicates that approximately 3.6 million of the 19.7 million young people in South Africa are unemployed.

The aim of the three day exhibition is to position tourism as a valued and vibrant career of choice.

Mark Steenbok/OFM News

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