The Greater Kruger Information Centre, a new initiative to provide tourist information on the area, was launched last week at HESC. The centre is located on the premises of and at the entrance to HESC.
Developed as a partnership of tourism focused organisations in the area, the information centre is aimed at promoting the tourism potential of the Greater Kruger area to tourists and business travellers. The centre will be open seven days a week.
From left to right: Ansie Coetser, HESC organiser of the launch of the Information Centre, with Marianne McKenzie, Limpopo Birding, Jeanrè Brooks, HESC Assistant Manager, Nicole de Bruyn, HESC Front Office and Juandrey Symons, HESC Animal Curator. Their hard work paid off and the Centre promises to be a great source of information for visitors to the region.
Brochures and maps will be available on site to help navigate the area, plan customised itineraries, find restaurants and accommodation and discover the many exciting attractions of the area.
Product owners and service operators have the opportunity to display their
marketing material at the Information Centre.
The information centre will significantly contribute to creating an awareness of the many facilities and attractions available in the Greater Kruger area and provide product owners and tour operators with a venue to display their marketing material.
Some 80 members of the local tourism industry and other interested parties, together with owner and founder of HESC Lente Roode, attended the launch.
Close on 90 members of the tourism industry attended the official
launch of the Greater Kruger Information Centre at HESC.
Seen at the launch – Gerhard Brummer (left), owner of Greater Kruger information portal Hoedspruit.net and instrumental in the establishment of the information centre, with co-founder Lente Roode of the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (centre) and Karen van Wyk (Hoedspruit.net) (right).
