With additional funding from TOMSA, SAT's marketing reach is expanding, thus opening doors tourism businesses to new markets and business opportunities Since its inception, TOMSA has grown from collecting R9.9 million in 1999 with less than 50 collectors, to collecting in excess of R100 million in 2011
The tourism levy, also known as the TOMSA levy, is the 1% levy charged to the consumer for the use of specific tourism services in South Africa. The funds collected are primarily used by South African Tourism to promote South Africa as a preferred travel and tourism destination.