[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcW_RqdUTNo[/youtube] Media Release: Immediate. 30 June 2010. Mossel Bay Tourism Project Passion Scores Big Goals for Mossel Bay Kids A massive community project to provide local children with safe holiday entertainment during this year’s long winter holidays has exceeded all expectations in the Garden Route town of Mossel Bay. The Project Passion Holiday Club has been organised by Mossel Bay municipal councilor and tourism board Member Natasha Giles, with the help of Campus Crusade, the Child Evangelism Fellowship, Mossel Bay Child Welfare, local Community Police Forums, the Department of Health, the Department of Social Development, various churches belonging to the Mossel Bay Christian Ecumenical ...read more

Media Release 5 May 2010: Mossel Bay Tourism Mossel Bay Project to Protect Youth During World Cup An innovative project by members of Mossel Bay’s community aims to provide a safe environment for young people during the long winter holidays that will coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Councilor Natasha Giles, who also serves on the board of Mossel Bay Tourism, hosted the Project Passion Holiday Club for about fifty children every June and July for eight years. “Both white and black children who have moved away from Mossel Bay have travelled back from Johannesburg and Cape Town to attend the next year ...read more

Media Release 25 March 2010. Mossel Bay Tourism Mossel Bay: Open For Holidaymakers During the World Cup. Mossel Bay has space for South African holidaymakers during this year’s FIFA World Cup. “There seems to be a perception that all available accommodation in the Garden Route is fully booked for the period of the World Cup - but this is quite incorrect,” said Anthony Doherty, Mossel Bay Tourism’s Board Member responsible for marketing. “Mossel Bay is open for business as usual - and all our accommodation establishments are asking their usual, reasonable winter holiday rates,” he said. The town prides itself on being unique since it ...read more

Media Release. Immediate. 3 February 2010. Mossel Bay Tourism Mossel Bay Open For South Africans During World Cup With all the hype about the hundreds of thousands of foreign soccer fans who are expected to stream into South Africa for the FIFA World Cup in June and July - what are South African holidaymakers going to do this winter? Especially since many of the country’s hotels and lodges are expecting to be fully booked, prices are skyrocketing in many destinations, and local schools will be enjoying a six-week-long mid-year break? “They should come and visit us,” said Mossel Bay Tourism’s Marcia Holm. “Mossel ...read more

Media Release: Immediate. 10 September 2009. Mossel Bay Tourism Mossel Bay Congratulates Paraguay It’s official: Paraguay has qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In a mail sent to colleagues after the game, Mossel Bay’s 2010 Coordinator, Louis Harris, who was present as a guest of the Paraguayan Football Federation, said, “Tonight I had the fortunate experience to see Paraguay qualifying for 2010 against Argentina in the Del Chaco stadium in Asuncion with a score of 1-0. “It is now two hours after the game and the city is celebrating with fireworks and cars hooting all the time. The passion for ...read more