After England trounced Croatia 5-1 in a World Cup qualifier, fans around the United Kingdom scrambled to book flights to South Africa.  Travel agents all over the United Kingdom reported huge surges in plane bookings just after the game ended, with flights to South Africa going up by a huge percentage.  Some budget airlines and [...]

www.fifa.com A reported 60,000 tickets for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa have already been sold, and the country has said that it is expecting as many as 500,000 visitors during next summer’s tournament. The figures were revealed during a meeting held in London between South Africa tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk and UK [...]