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Big Questions for Knysna Tourism

Mike Hampton Posted on by

  • Why has there been resistance (40 days now) by Knysna Tourism, the Tourism Board and its Mayor Georlene Wolmarans to release and discuss their budget?
  • What are the 2010 & 2011 budgets and their allocation breakdown?
  • What is the breakdown of the 2010 community projects and the project plan for 2011?
  • What is Tourism’s plan to incorporate the whole of Knysna i.e. include Concordia, Hornlee, Smutsville and Khayalethu?
  • What has been the practicality of the workshops that have been run so far?
  • What is the Tourism’s position on the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe? If still for it, then what is currently being done to support that position?
  • What is Tourism’s position on the intended bypass? For or against?
  • What is Tourism’s marketing plan for 2011?
  • What is being done to gain domestic tourism?
  • What percentage of marketing costs is spent on overseas versus domestic tourists?
  • What is being done via advertizing to target tourists (e.g. Germans) in their own language?
  • How many holiday homes are there in Knysna?
  • What were the Oyster Fest 2010 & 2011 budgets and their allocation breakdown?
  • What is Pick ‘n Pay & Worldsport’s mandate for Oyster Festival regarding the poorer communities?
  • What are the deals with people who gain income from Knysna Tourism and Worldsport, especially from both?
  • What follow-up procedure is there to ensure that charities receive their donation from Oyster festival organizers and then spend it appropriately? What is the legacy?
  • How does Tourism gain patronage figures for events such as Oyster Festival?
  • How are service providers determined?
  • What was the evidence for and against Shaun van Eck in the case presented by the previous Tourism Board?
  • Do any of the current Tourism Board members, or their immediate families, gain sponsorship from Tourism for events?
  • What is being done to shorten the lengthy delays it takes to get a meeting with Tourism CEO, Shaun van Eck?
  • If consultants and contractors are being utilized, what are they paid in relationship to what a permanent staff member would earn?
  • Who is second in charge at Tourism, with authority to make decisions, when Shaun van Eck isn’t available?
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