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| Your one-stop Gateway to Tourism and Travel in South Africa |
did you know . . . . . ?
According to Jean-Claude Baumgarten, president of the World Travel and Tourism Organisation (WTTO), “Travel and tourism can be part of the solution to world problems, such as bridging the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’. In many areas it is one of the few possibilities for economic activity. It can create jobs and opportunities for entrepreneurs. It also offers training in management skills, education and technology to local people, as well as increasing incomes in rural and remote economies. It can help contribute to the alleviation of poverty in developing countries.”
With tourism as our tool, Tourism@Work is attempting to bridge the gap between the first world economic sector and third world sector in South Africa. This bridge though, promises to contribute greatly to the Gross Domestic Profit and thus benefits the first world sector too, making it easier to involve their support.
More than just an integrated Destination Management System, the e-Daba database is also a state-of-the-art corporate social investment and community development application. The e-Daba DMS™ intends to develop a sustainable financial channel to assist the dwindling first world economic sector by sustaining jobs, while also creating jobs in the growing third world economy sector.
One such initiative is the launch of our pre-paid Welcome LifeStyle debit card which sees merchants and consumers contribute a small percentage of their purchase prices towards the Community@Work Development Fund. This fund will allocate funds for community development, job creation and poverty relief.
Each e-Daba DMS transaction will contribute a percentage to the fund, while also rewarding customers with a portion of the 4-percent cash-back discount when purchasing tourism and travel products and services via the e-Daba DMS with the Welcome LifeStyle card. This cash-back discount will be shared between the card holder and the fund, that is, 50 percent of the 4-percent cash-back goes to the Community@Work Development Fund.