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High-profile long-time Hermanus resident, Glynis van Rooyen, seems to have dropped off the radar screen since she resigned her job as chairperson of the Hermanus Whale Festival organising committee last year.

She was found, busy as ever, tucked away at her temporary home on a Sandbaai smallholding recently, focusing her skills on tourism and publishing.

Asked if she missed the buzz of the festival, the media exposure and the pressure, she replied that although she had thrived on it at the time, it had begun to pall after 15 years and she felt relieved not to have to stress about finding sponsorship in these difficult economic times.

“I'm pursuing my interest in wine and tourism now, along with publishing, which dovetails perfectly with my former career in journalism.”

Business tourism, she says, is more lucrative than the leisure tourism industry and that's what she is targeting. “It remains robust even with the global economic downturn, and I feel the Overberg should claim its share of this industry.”

Along with Hanlie Allan she will be publishing the first guide to the meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) facilities of the Overberg - with the aim of attracting business tourism to this region.

This will be the second regional publication undertaken by Van Rooyen and Allan in an effort to promote niche tourism attractions in the Overberg.

The first was Overberg Wine which is about to come out in its second edition after the first issue flew out of the tourism offices around Cape Town and the Overberg.

“The Overberg has everything to offer both the wine lover and the business tourism industry - people are just not aware of the facilities we have. The easy-to-use guides are pretty comprehensive about what is available here,” she said.

At present she and her partner are building a new house in the Fernkloof Golf Club development hence the prolonged stay on the idyllic smallholding in Sandbaai among peacocks, geese, ducks and fynbos, but once they move back into the environs of Hermanus, she promises to be back on the radar screen.

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