The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa
What Tourist Guides Do
Who We Are
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Education
Membership to the Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa (IPTGSA) is a professional designation to strive to with hard work and dedication. Professional status is not just handed to a certain few ,but earned by any tourist guide that has made guiding his/her profession
Ba-Phalaborwa is of Northern-Sotho origin, meaning, "better than the south - Phala= better ,borwa = south . This refers to the refugees' flight from Swazi and Zulu enemies
To Minister of Tourism
RE: A Policy Review of the Tourist Guiding Sector in South Africa by Prof. Harris, CR Botha, TC da Gama and SE Pretorius of the Department of Heritage and Historical Studies of the University of Pretoria.
It is with great sadness and sorrow that we have to inform our members that Joe Motsogi a member of IPTGSA passed away yesterday, a great stalwart and forward-looking person in our tourist guiding industry. Joe will be missed by many. Condolences to Sofie and the family
