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The Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP) is an initiative of the Department of Tourism with a key objective of encouraging and assisting privately-owned tourism enterprises to adopt responsible tourism practices through installing solutions to reduce their energy and water consumption and costs.
The GTIP was initially launched in 2017 and reviewed in 2021 resulting in additional benefits to the tourism sector for the installation of solutions for the sustainable management and usage of electricity and water.
Managed by the IDC, financial assistance under the GTIP is provided in the form of a grant of up to R1million to qualifying small and micro tourism enterprises for the installation of energy and water efficiency solutions.
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The application process has two phases:
Phase 1: Energy and water efficiency audit and identification of appropriate solution(s).
Phase 2: Application for funding to implement recommended solution(s).
To apply for the Energy and Water Efficiency Audit, applicants are required to follow instructions below:
Note: Incomplete applications will not be considered for the energy and water efficiency audit.
Eligible applicants (having completed Phase 1) are required to demonstrate economic viability to be considered for funding.
To apply for funding to implement the solution, applicants are required to follow instructions below:
Note: Incomplete applications will not be considered for funding.
To download, click on the relevant links below:
B-BBEE Sworn Affidavits – Tourism
Programme Contact Details:
Ms. Nikki Malindi
Tel: 011 269 3073
Aim: To encourage youth entrepreneurship and employment creation, thereby expanding South African production capacity.
Aim: To contribute towards sustainable job creation and retention by supporting job creating transactions while providing concessionary funding.
Aim: To provide finance to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects of smaller scale, as well as manufacturing of Green products in South Africa.
Aim: To develop competitive, economically viable activities in agro-processing (food and non-food) sectors by developing local and regional resources to supply domestic demand and increase international trade.
Aim: To help the struggling steel industry with an interest subsidy that offers discounts to qualifying clients.
Aim: To stabilise employment and to improve overall competitiveness in the clothing, textiles, footwear, leather and leather goods manufacturing industries.
Aim: To encourage privately-owned tourism enterprises to move towards cleaner and renewable energy sources as well as the efficient utilisation of water.
Aim: To expand and deepen industrial development in the small industrial business segment.
Aim: To assist SMEs and MIDCAP companies to access loan financing for CAPEX, medium and long term working capital.
Aim: To support employment opportunities, counteracting job losses due to Covid-19, and creating an opportunity for growth and renewal.