The Mossel Bay Travel Festival is an online and real world celebration of the experience of being in Mossel Bay – for locals and visitors alike.
Aims of the Festival
To create awareness of Mossel Bay (in its position in the Garden Route and Klein Karoo) as the holiday and business travel destination of choice;
To build an on-line community of friends and fans of Mossel Bay;
To explore and develop the concept of responsible travel in Mossel Bay;
To enjoy the experience of our built and natural environments, and of our people and their cultures;
To share Mossel Bay by showcasing the town and the Garden Route and Klein Karoo region both online and in the real world.
To celebrate travel.
Acknowledgement: Roni Weiss
The idea for the Mossel Bay Travel Festival was built on the model of the New York Travel Festival, which took place for the first time in April this year. We are in contact with the organiser of the New York Travel Festival - Roni Weiss - who has agreed to an affiliation between the two events. This will give Mossel Bay a direct line into the New York Travel Festival’s social media streams, with obvious benefits.
Mossel Bay Tourism is now working to bring Mr. Weiss to the Western Cape for the Mossel Bay Travel Festival 2013. Mr. Weiss is a blogger who will cover his tour of the province in his blog.
Focus
The Mossel Bay Travel Festival will run over three days, each of which will have a specific focus:
Day 1: Discussions
Tourism Plenary presented by the MEC for Economic Development and Tourism in the Western Cape Province, Alan Winde – live streamed (this will be the first time a Tourism Plenary will be held outside of Cape Town, and the first time a Plenary will be live streamed)
Presentations and lectures on travel, tourism marketing, and tourism attractions. Most of these will take place in break-away rooms; they will also be live-streamed, and they’ll be archived on YouTube.
Day 2: Exhibitions
Desktop exhibitions in the Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex
Exhibitors to include tourist attractions, accommodation providers, and travel industry suppliers. (Each exhibitor will be provided with a table and four chairs, and will also be allowed to erect two pull-up banners, or one banner wall. Exhibitors such as coach companies, vehicle suppliers, and other large equipment suppliers, will be accommodated out-of-doors.)
Open to the travel trade until 11:30, and to the public from 12:00 till close.
The Museum has agreed to waive entrance fees for the day.
Exhibitors will be placed in zones according to sector. The sponsor of each zone will be asked to cover the cost of a tea, coffee, and water station for that zone. Exhibitors and visitors to be served at these stations free of charge.
Sectors:
Accommodation, sport and attractions – will be housed in the Maritime Museum of Dias Museum Complex
Art, culture and environment – in the Shell Museum
Emerging products and individuals (tourist guides, etc.) – in the Granary
Day 3: Visits
Tours and outings to established attractions in the region at discounted prices (established only, since we want to promote what people can do in Mossel Bay
Visits to private home ‘Voorkamer Museums’ – where citizens show off their collections or interests (gardens, history, geology, sport, etc.; a ‘Voorkamer’ is a front parlor.)
(www.bit.ly/MBTFest)
Event Date:
Repeats every day until Sun Oct 20 2013 .
Fri, 18/10/2013 (All day)
Sat, 19/10/2013 (All day)
Sun, 20/10/2013 (All day)