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We are sharing with you some surprising and unknown things about South Africa. Did you know about them:

Today is the 192 days until the 2010 FIFA World Cup - first time to be held on the African continent – South Africa. Cape Town being the mother city is home of eight world cup matches. This week is a busy week for the organizer as they all gather in Cape Town now for the preparation of the FINAL DRAW held on 4 December 2009. It would be a momentous event for those accredited and invited being hosted in the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This excitement would not be restricted by the venue because thousands of people on this Friday would make their way to Long Street in the Cape Town city centre, celebrating the announcement with outdoor live bands party.

To have the most updated news about the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we really recommend you the unique website designed by the provincial tourism authority - Cape Town Routes Unlimited. This innovative campaign is called “Beyond the 90 Minutes”. “Beyond the 90 minutes” is literally all about going beyond the 90 minutes of the football match and exploring Cape Town and the Western Cape’s six tourism regions and discovering its captivating attractions, fascinating cultures and exhilarating experiences, before, between and after matches.

Football fans could find a lot of new updates about the game. Football tourists could find fun soccer-themed travel itineraries. Football photographers could enroll themselves into photo competition – “Going BEYOND Fan Photo Competition” (Closing date for entries 31 December 2009). Special offers from various tourism and hospitality industries are listed for your choice and many more… awaiting for you to explore. To visit Beyond the 90 minutes website, please click http://beyondthe90minutes.com/en/index.php.

CITM 2009 - Kunming, China (19-22 November 2009)

Thank you for visiting Africa Panda at the recent CITM in Kunming. We have received a lot of good feedback. Thank you. To view the Africa Panda stand at the CITM, please click here.

3A FIFA Package Cape Town Pre and Post FIFA World Cup Tour

As Cape Town is hosting 8 FIFA World Cup matches, locating also in the mother city, AAA Travel offers tailor-made itinerary for pre and post FIFA World Cup tour. Please let us know the match which you have booked and your area of interest so that we could send you the best itinerary suiting your demand as a soccer tourist. Please click here for more information. AAA Travel has experience in organizing unique itineraries for individuals and groups. For example, the Adventure Tour includes sandboarding, abseiling from Table Mountain, mountain biking, hot air ballooning and shark cage diving. In addition, AAA Travel specializes in incentive travel. Please visit www.aaatravel.co.za or complete the enquiry form.

Mango - South African Domestic Airline Free Amendment of Ticket

What is flexibility - how about free change of passenger name, flight, date and time? Mango is supported by its mother company - South African Airways SAA. With this background, it builds creditability on products and services. For example, the youngest fleet in the industry using boeing 737-800 which has carried more than 3 millions passengers since the past 2 years. Its excellent on time performance record, comfortable leather seat, caring ground and air service which touches your heart and more ... It has also been awarded 3 prizes such as the Best South African Domestic Low Cost Airline. For a domestic ticket from Johannesburg to Cape Town, it is only about RMB600 including taxes. For more information about membership and its extra bonus, please click here.