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Pretoria - South African tour operators will be working right through the festive season this year.
This is according to Matsatsi Marobe, chief executive of the Tourism Business Council.
Soccer fans can apply for tickets for individual or team-specific matches for the Fifa World Cup up to January 22. If demand exceeds supply, an electronic draw on February 1 will determine who gets the tickets.
Marobe says tour operators will now be working feverishly to finalise local transport to and from matches. She says the tourism industry and transport authorities will exchange information to facilitate the interplay between air and land transport.
It's surprising, she points out, that the US is currently in second place, after South Africa, in respect of ticket purchases.
According to Fifa, 674 403 match tickets have already been sold, 53% of which has gone to South Africans. Buyers from the US have taken 84 103, Britons 48 388, Germans 25 112 and Australians 17 876. The 32 participating countries' respective soccer federations each received an allocation of 12% of the available tickets for the stadiums where their group matches will be played.
- Sake24.com
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