Cape Town (TAN): South Africa’s tourism minister Kubayi-Ngubane has said the country remains a preferred destination for tourists in spite of a few incidents “which paint South Africa negatively”, reports said.
This comes after a 43-year-old Ukrainian tourist was robbed and stabbed to death at the popular Chapman’s Peak hiking trail in Hout Bay, in Cape Town.
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Two arrested suspects, aged 24 and 25, are believed to be residents of Hout Bay.
Reports of tourists travelling from the Johannesburg airport being robbed have also surfaced.
According to The South African, minister Kubayi-Ngubane said the authorities were doing their best to maintain law and order and added that the police quickly acted to ensure that the “perpetrators are arrested within a reasonable time”.
