Nelson Mandela Bay’s 22 trained Tourism Ambassadors (TAs) are on a mission to make sure tourists really feel it’s ‘Friendly City’ reputation, approaching and welcoming visitors and promoting prominent hotspots such as the Langa Memorial in Uitenhage, Kings Beach, Flat Rocks in Summerstrand, Emlotheni Memorial Park in New Brighton and Central’s Route 67. The project was launched by the Mandela Bay Development Agency in May this year and the brightly coloured TA’s are already a popular sight … [Read more...] about Friendly City’s TA’s – our ‘unsung heroes’
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Port Elizabeth voted as South Africa’s Friendliest City
We have been running a poll on the front page of MyPE for a couple of weeks now and the results to date show that Port Elizabeth is the runaway best winner as South Africa's friendliest city. Don't take our word for that statement - rather take the word of a World Champion who recently attested to our friendliness in a handwritten note of thanks! In case you missed those hyperlinks then CLICK HERE to read Mikes awesome letter. Okay, we admit that there are two things that could 'skew' the … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth voted as South Africa’s Friendliest City
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You may have seen the triumphant tweets from twits associated with cities such as Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town saying; "Sorry for you but Durban is now the friendliest city in South Africa." Here is some VITAL information for you to use when defending Port Elizabeth as the official Friendly City: The sad people averring that Durban is the friendliest city in South Africa are, unfortunately for them, basing their opinion on a so called 'global survey' that only focussed on three … [Read more...] about Calm down friendly PE
