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South African weekend getaways are taking off

GLOBAL tech start-up RoomRaccoon reveals that domestic weekend travel has started to show signs of revival since the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions eased last year.

RoomRaccoon found that weekday occupancy has steadily risen to an average of 30% after monitoring the occupancy of more than 3200 rooms at boutique hotels, B&Bs and guest houses across

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