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Editorial submissions are welcome but will be subject to approval by the SATSA
Tourism Tattler Editor. Advertorials will be subject to the prevailing published advertising rate for the space required. Editorial in conjunction with an advertisement will be subject to the first advertisement placed only.
The following editorial policy applies to all content submitted for consideration of publication in the Tourism Tattler trade journal. The guiding principles for the Tourism Tattler are outlined in this Editorial Policy.
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The Tourism Tattler aims to uphold the highest professional standards and ethical principles related to providing tourism trade information, provided in an accurate, evidence-based and unbiased manner.
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The Tourism Tattler Trade Journal aims to bring to the southern Africa tourism trade informative, objective, accurate and educational information on issues that impact on tourism stakeholders.
Although material submitted by other tourism associations and representative bodies will be published by formal reciprocal arrangement, it is the Tourism Tattler’s policy to underline the functions that SATSA fulfils in the southern Africa tourism industry, and the importance to all sectors of the industry of having SATSA membership as a quality guarantee.
The Tourism Tattler’s goal is to ensure that the publication is a practical and relevant source for information to the tourism trade that is easy to read and understand.
The Tourism Tattler is committed to providing information on a wide variety of tourism, hospitality and business tourism topics. The Tourism Tattler will provide the tourism trade with a better understanding of tourism issues, legislation and legal issues that impact on tourism and explanations of marketing and business principles that may help them to become knowledgeable and credible providers of services to tourists who visit the southern Africa region.
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The Tourism Tattler adheres to the principles of fairness, accuracy, objectivity, and responsible, independent reporting.
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While the content of the Tourism Tattler is contributed by professional and knowledgeable writers in the tourism industry, all content is reviewed by the appointed SATSA editor to ensure accuracy and significance and may be edited for style, flow, punctuation, appropriateness of language, and readability before being published.
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Content is based on important and relevant tourism topics and events. The Tourism Tattler content is based upon the following criteria:
Relevance: Topics regarding issues that are interesting, educational and important to the tourism trade and that could affect their businesses. The content should be unique in its relevancy, credibility, format, or style of its presentation.
Accuracy: The content provides the reader with up-to-date, accurate and balanced information.
Originality: The content must be the original work of the author and be especially relevant to the tourism industry, even though the article may have been the subject of coverage by other media organizations reporting on tourism issues within Southern Africa.
Copyright: The content, including photographs, must not be subject to any copyright agreement or infringement and the author certifies to this fact by offering the content for publication.
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The Tattler features articles relevant to the following subjects and regions:
- Letters to the Editor
- National / international trade shows / events (ITB, Indaba, etc.)
- Niche Tourism Sectors (Youth Tourism, Cultural Tourism, Medical Tourism, etc.)
- Business Tourism (Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Events, etc.
- Service / Training (Education, SETA / Tour Guides, etc.)
- Risk issues (Insurance, legal, etc)
- Business issues (business systems, compliance, tax, etc)
- Marketing issues (research, statistics, strategy, analysis, etc)
- Transportation issues (Licensing, permits, etc)
- Empowerment issues (BBBEE, ETEYA, etc.)
- Security issues (Crime Watch, Scams, Police, etc.)
- Achievements (accreditation, acknowledgements, awards, etc)
- South Africa National features (incorporating SA Tourism)
- South Africa Provincial features (incorporating content specific to each of the 9 Provincial Tourism Authorities and regional tourism node marketing bodies such as Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, Hibiscus Coast Tourism Association, etc.)
- Southern Africa features (incorporating content specific to SADC countries, namely Angola, Botswana, Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mocambique, Namibia, Seyschelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia).
Note that while the Tourism Tattler will feature SATSA members’ product or service profiles, non-SATSA members will only be featured as paid advertorial content, which will be subject to approval to ensure non-conflict with SATSA members’ interests.
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All articles submitted for publication must be between 400 to 1000 words and supplied in digital Word (.doc) file format and ideally supported with between 1 to 3 high-resolution (min 300dpi) digital photographs in jpg file format.
As a general guide, a full page of text without photographs is 1000 words (with one photograph – 790 words) and a half page of text without photographs is 450 words (with one photograph – 350 words).
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Some content, such as advertisements and advertorials are subject to acceptance by the editor and may not be subject to this Editorial Policy.
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All content accepted for publication in the Tourism Tattler will be subject to the following disclaimer to prevent any appearance that SATSA is endorsing any individual, institution or particular point of view:
The Tourism Tattler is published by Tourism Tattler (Pty) Ltd, and is distributed free of charge. The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the publisher, SATSA or the Editor. Advice provided herein should not be solely relied upon as each set of circumstances may differ. Professional advice should be sought in each instance.
Letters to the Editor are assumed intended for publication in whole or in part and may therefore be used for such purposes.
Tourism Tattler (Pty) Ltd, SATSA, its staff and its production suppliers cannot accept responsibility for any damages or inconvenience that may arise from incorrect information.
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