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Cross-Border Road Transport Act 4 of 1998
National Road Traffic Act 1996
Tourism Act 3 of 2014
Tourism Amendment Act 2000
Tourism Amendment Bill Draft 2019
National Federation of Tourist Guides and Affiliates South Africa (NFTGA)keyboard_arrow_up
Constitution adopted on 8 February 2019
Membership
Steering Committee
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Tourism Research Seminar Presentations
• An assessment of the impact of mega trends in the tourism sector
• Panthers and Places - Filmic representation and destination image
• Cross-border themed tourism routes in the Southern African region
• Development of a framework to assess the economic impact of coastal and marine tourism in South Africa
• Indigenous Story Tellers (ISTs) - Northern Cape as a case study
• Leveraging state-owned tourism assets for black SMME development
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Illegal guiding
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Illegal guiding is a criminal offense according to SA law

The Tourism Act 2014 describes the ‘‘tourist guide’’ as "any person registered as such under section 50 and who for
reward accompanies any person who travels within or visits any place within the
Republic and who furnishes such person with information or comments".
It further states the following:
Prohibitions
57 (1) No person who is not a registered tourist guide or whose registration as a
tourist guide has been suspended or withdrawn, may for reward, whether monetary or
otherwise, act as a tourist guide.
(2) No person who has become subject to any disqualification referred to in section
50 (3) may for reward, whether monetary or otherwise, act as a tourist guide.
(3) No person, company or close corporation may for the promotion of any business
undertaking conducted by him, her or it, employ or continue to employ as a tourist guide
any person who is not a registered tourist guide or whose registration as a tourist guide
has been suspended or withdrawn or who has become subject to a disqualification
contemplated in subsection (2).
Offenses and penalties
59. (1) A person is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.
(f) contravenes section 57(1), (2) or (3).
(2) Any company or close corporation that contravenes section 57(3) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R100 000,00.