{"id":4488,"date":"2013-05-16T07:51:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T07:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=4488"},"modified":"2013-05-16T07:56:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T07:56:42","slug":"vootrekker-monument-gets-gold-award-from-china-50-of-all-chinese-tourists-go-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=4488","title":{"rendered":"Voortrekker Monument gets gold award from China &#8211; 50% of all Chinese tourists go there"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4492\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/voortrekker_monument.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4492\" title=\"voortrekker_monument\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/voortrekker_monument.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Voortrekker Monument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Voortrekker Monument\u00a0won a prestigious gold award for overall performance at the China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market, the Pretoria municipality said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Strategic Executive Director,\u00a0Nomasonto Ndlovu said in a statement\u00a0the City of Pretoria were concluding its exhibition at Indaba 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat a fantastic way to end our participation at Indaba 2013. This is such good news and will give our tourism industry a tremendous boost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement Sonja Lombard, Managing Director of the Voortrekker Monument, said the main reason for winning the award was the 45% increase in Chinese visitors to this landmark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMore significant is that 50% of all Chinese visiting South Africa visited the Voortrekker Monument,\u201d Lombard was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ndlovu said in keeping with government\u2019s decision to promote South Africa as a heritage and cultural hotspot, the City of Pretoria exhibited its wide array of attractions at Indaba 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The Voortrekker Monument, which receives more than 200 000 visitors per year, was built to commemorate the centenary of the Great Trek. It received its new status as a Grade 1 National Heritage Site last year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The building was designed to commemorate the bravery and persistence of the Afrikaner pioneers who left the British-controlled Cape Colony during the Great Trek between 1835 and 1854 in search of freedom further north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The monument also serves as an ideal venue for classical music and choral performances. The Hall of Heroes can accommodate up to 600 people, and its fantastic acoustics enhance the music coming from its digital Allen organ,&#8221; \u00a0Ndlovu said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She added that this is the ninth consecutive year that the city has showcased Pretoria\u2019s tourism offerings at Indaba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Voortrekker Monument\u00a0won a prestigious gold award for overall performance at the China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market, the Pretoria municipality said on Wednesday. Strategic Executive Director,\u00a0Nomasonto Ndlovu said in a statement\u00a0the City of Pretoria were concluding its exhibition at Indaba 2013. \u201cWhat a fantastic way to end our participation at Indaba 2013. This is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=4488\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Voortrekker Monument gets gold award from China &#8211; 50% of all Chinese tourists go there&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422,3],"tags":[236,144,2787,139,12250,2788,2786],"class_list":["post-4488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-news","tag-afrikaner","tag-china","tag-pioneers","tag-pretoria","tag-south-africa","tag-tourists","tag-voortrekker-monument"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/voortrekker_monument.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4491,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions\/4491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}