When a whisper won't do... Join a Twitterstorm!

How incredible would it be if, for just 3 hours, the might of the Twitterverse's attention put a firm spotlight on tourism in South Africa?

We've been blasted by water canons on the street, filled media with our story and still, we keep knocking on that door. You know the adage: 'A squeaky wheel gets oil'? So, let's get squeaky, shall we?

This only works if we ALL get behind this. Picture thousands of tweet going out from our Tourism Tribe in unison over a period of a few hours to coincide with President Cyril Ramaphosa's Joint Sitting of Parliament to discuss the country's economic situation.

The President has publicly acknowledged the role that Tourism can play in growing the economy but our hands are tied.

Months of lockdown, red tape and inconsistent regulations have put Tourism on the back foot. As the second-highest export earner for South Africa, we can be that sector that helps to reignite the economy, but for that to happen we need to be allowed to lift off.

Collectively, we need to bring our voice to bear. For us to trend, we need to shout as a Tourism Tribe together, so we ask you (once again) as South Africa is Travel Ready to get behind our Twitterstorm on Thursday, 15 October, and ask your tourism colleagues to do the same - another rousing call for our #IAmTourism and #SouthAfricaisTravelReady voices to be heard! We can do this...

Do you know how to Tweet? If not, you better learn quickly! You have 48 hours to set up your Twitter handle or find your lost password and start flexing your Twitter muscles.

It's a Twitterstorm date! Thursday (15 Oct) between 11h00 and 14h00

How can you do this?

1. Copy the tweets from this Tweet Sheet and tweet them throughout the Twitterstorm
2. Create your own tweets and tweet them through your Twitter handle(s) throughout the Twitterstorm
3. Include in your tweets the handles: @CyrilRamaphosa @PresidencyZA @GovernmentZA @ParliamentofRSA
4. Include in your tweets the hashtags: #OpenNotOpen #FalseStart4Tourism
5. Retweet any tweets you come across with the above hashtags throughout the Twitterstorm

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