| OVER PRICING FOR TOURISTS | | | | commodities and services however are something |
| Since South Africa abolished the famous apartheid | | | | controversial. It is simply very expensive. People |
| regime in 1990 and its peaceful transition towards | | | | believe that tourists are wealthy travellers who |
| the first denocratic elections of 1994, tourists | | | | enjoy the weaker Rand when they change their |
| numbers have increased significantly. | | | | dollars, pounds or credit cards and therefore they |
| The major motivations for them are among | | | | must pay more than locals. the result is that all |
| others the incredible icon Mandela, the scenic | | | | those establishments are only frequented by |
| beauty and diversity of its fauna and flora, the | | | | tourists since locals can hardly afford the luxery |
| diversity of cultures of the people who make | | | | of spending 3 times higher the normal price. To |
| what the Reverend Desmond Tutu termed | | | | give a concrete example, it cost Rand 60 to use |
| "rainbow nation" without forgetting the hospitality | | | | intenet for 30 minutes in one local popular hotel |
| of African people. | | | | while another internet cafe around the corner |
| Tourists follow a well established web of routes | | | | charges between R5 and 10 for a full hour. |
| taking them to various attractions and | | | | When tourists discover the overpricing for them |
| amusement centres. They hardly discover the | | | | they simply conclude that they were ripped off |
| reality of living conditions of locals except | | | | and the end result is their word of mouth |
| information supplied to them across their routings | | | | spreading all over to say " South Africa isn't a |
| in form of brochures or else their guides. | | | | cheap destination". |
| At these tourists destinations, the prices of | | | | |