Vaccine rollout will support SA tourism recovery in 2nd half of 2022 - RMB 13 May 2021 8:36 PM Share This: The Money Show's Bruce Whitfield interviews Jessica Spira, Sector Head for Healthcare and Hospitality at Rand Merchant Bank. What is the outlook for South Africa's devastated tourism industry as we face our third wave of Covid-19? The CEO of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) firmly believes there's reason for optimism if operators just hang in there. The countryâs vaccine rollout will support a recovery in the tourism sector in the second half of 2022, says James Forby. We have lagged many countries in getting our people vaccinated. However, we are now accumulating vaccines and we are hopeful that through ongoing government and private-sector collaboration, large-scale public vaccinations will start soon.â