South Africa a cheap golf holiday heaven
South Africa is one of the most affordable holiday destinations in the world. The survey, conducted by American Express in 12 of the world’s top holiday spots, found that only Thailand beat South Africa on the cost of a basket of 13 basic holiday items.
The American Express Foreign Exchange Holiday Cost of Living Index is compiled annually. The report shows that South African prices were lowest on five of the products sampled: a beer, a can of Coca Cola, camera film, a three-course dinner for two – including a bottle of wine – and sun scream, making it the country with the highest number of the cheapest items. South Africa also doesn’t have a product ranked most expensive on all the items listed. South Africa’s shopping bill was £ 67.68 (€ 100,76), the cheapest, with a shopping bill of £ 65.70 (€ 97,82) was Thailand, whereas Norway was most expensive with a bill of £ 154.60 (€230,17).
Golfing
Also affordable is golfing in South Africa. One can benefit from the cheap exchange rates. Therefore green and caddy fees are cheap. Average greenfee is £ 17 - £ 27 (€ 22,50 - € 37,50). A caddy will cost you less than £ 10 ( € 15) per round. When you include the low cost for dinner and drinks, South Africa is a cheap destination for golf travels and golf holidays.
Sizakele Marutlulle, COO of South African Tourism: “South Africa is known as a world-class, preferred tourist destination and it is crucial that the country retained its competitive advantage. Bearing in mind that prices may vary slightly from region to region, the prices included in this index serve as useful examples. South Africa has remained a competitive, value for money tourism destination, despite the strengthening of the Rand since 2003.”
More and more tourists discover South Africa. SA Tourism noted in the last three months of 2004 the highest number of foreign tourists ever within a quarter of a year, at 1.9 million for the period. 6.8 million tourists visited South Africa during 2004, compared with 4.6 million during the previous year. 28,739 Dutch tourists visited South Africa in the first three months of 2005.
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