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KLERKSDORP HIGH SCHOOL TOP TOURISM STUDENTS TO REPRESENT SA AT
THE TOURISM YOUTH CONFERENCE IN FRANCE
Last week Thursday, KHS announced that two of their Grade 11 top
tourism students, Pearl Pheza and Melissa Meyer, will be
representing South Africa at the Global Travel & Tourism Youth
Conference in Niece, France from the 16th to the 21th of
November 2008.
These outstanding students won the overall national Aldo Papone
competition where Grade 11 Tourism Students in the whole of
South Africa are required to identify a tourism site based on
this year's theme “Responsible Tourism Development”. Both
students chose to work on Pilanesburg National Park as a case
study, and as a result, their project was voted the best
nationally. The 33-page case study document was then uploaded
onto the internet and out of it, the students had to work
closely with their tourism teacher, Mrs. Yolande Heymans and
drama teacher, Mrs. Susan van den Berg in developing a
45 minute presentation for the conference in France.
“Every year the National Business Initiative in conjunction with
the Global Travel & Tourism Partnership launch the international
Aldo Papone awards where the Grade 11 Tourism students compete,”
said Mrs. Heymans. “We are excited to have two of our very own
tourism students nominated to represent SA at the youth
conference. KHS is very proud of Pearl and Melissa as they've
worked very hard to get to where they are. We are 100% behind
them and look forward to representing SA and the North West
Province well in France.”
The criterion for the presentation is interactive as the
students will need to sell the Pilanesburg National Park as
North West Province's Responsible Tourism Development
destination. “Our presentation will need to prove that
Pilanesburg National Park applies economical, social and
environmental tourism practices. Pearl and I are confident that
the use of a puppet show to illustrate the three key practices,
will effectively communicate to the audience at the conference,”
mentioned Melissa Meyer. “We do believe that Pilanesburg could
do more in all the areas but so far, they are way ahead of the
other tourism destination places in the North West Province,
hence we've selected them for our case study.
The aim of the presentation at the conference is also to solicit
for international funding for the national park. “We will be
handing out the 33-page case study document and souvenirs to the
audience and should they be interested in the product and wish
to contribute financially, we will be able to address other
challenges,” added Mrs. Heymans.
Some of the sponsors for travel, accommodation, flights, and
souvenirs are Global Travel & Tourism Partnerships and Local
partnerships (Pick 'n Pay, SA Weber Services, Matlosana
Municipality, Tusk Rio, Gogo Gaeruki Motjale (Executive producer
of the DVD), Department of North West Economic Development &
Tourism, North West & Tourism Parks Board and South African
Tourism.
“We would like to thank all the local and global sponsors.
Without them, this would not have been possible,” added Mrs.
Heymans.
NWU
ontvang erepalms By Student Goldpack Awards
Grafiese ontwerpstudente van die NWU-Puk het weer eens die
ontwerpafdeling van die 2008 Student Goldpack Awards oorheers.
Hulle het twee van die drie kategorieë vir ontwerpstudente gewen
en ook 'n finalisposisie in die oorblywende kategorie behaal.
Boonop het die NWU-Puk weer vanjaar gespog met die meeste
finaliste van alle tersięre instellings in hierdie kompetisie.
Die groot ster van die dag was Carien Roberts wat die wenner van
die
Brighten your smile-kategorie was.
Roberts het ook die goud in die algehele ontwerpkategorie
ontvang.
Adele Jonker het ook goed presteer deur die brons in die
algehele ontwerpkategorie op te raap met haar inskrywing wat ook
as die wenner in die Nando's nagereg verpakkingskategorie
aangewys is.
Dit is ook in dié kategorie waarin 'n merietetoekenning aan
Nadia Roodt gemaak is.
Twee ander Pukstudente wat finalistoekennings ontvang het is
Ilze Vermaak in die Brighten your smile-kategorie en Pieter Smit
in die Uniquely South African-kategorie.
Die Student Gold Pack Awards is gemik op alle geregistreerde
ontwerp- en verpakkingstudente aan tersięre instellings in
Suid-Afrika.
Sedert sy ontstaan het die Student Gold Pack Awards gegroei tot
'n prominente en prestige-ryke kompetisie waarvan die standaarde
internasionaal meetbaar is.
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