Join the Tag-and-Win-ner circle

WITH only three weeks left in Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism’s (NMBT) Tag-and-Win competition the winter leg of this competition has made for many happy winners receiving prizes ranging from rugby test tickets and weekend stays at top local accommodation establishments to digital cameras and gift-bags.

“The campaign’s goal was to promote the city through the power of social media and on-line networks, but it has achieved so much more than that. Not only has this campaign managed to grow awareness of what is on offer in Nelson Mandela Bay countrywide but it has provided some very special moments to many people along the way. The competition is running for another 3 weeks so enter now and you can also be one of our many lucky winners.” said NMBT CEO, Mandlakazi Skefile.

The competition has seen 70 winners so far and will add another 30 in the weeks to come. The campaign is built around the city’s top ten icons, encouraging ‘taggers’ to tag their favourite attraction on the Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism Facebook page.

Winner of an NMBT gift-bag, Olivia Coates, said she was especially surprised to get the call that she had won a prize, “I have never won a prize in my life and entering this competition was so easy – I will definitely be watching out for future (NMBT) competitions.”

For the winner of the four rugby test tickets in last week’s draw, Michelle Kitching, the prize was a blessing. Kitching’s son, Bernardt, suffers from severe epilepsy and she and her sister, Sharon Nel, take care of him fulltime. When informed that she was chosen as the lucky winner, she immediately thought of her sister and decided it was the ideal opportunity to return her sister’s acts of kindness. “It felt great to thank my sister by surprising her with the tickets - I knew she’d enjoy it so much. My son and I cheered on the boks from home, keeping an eye out to spot my sister on television of course,” said a delighted  Kitching.

Deon Spies, a local tour guide was more than a little excited to pick up his prize, “I was going to buy my wife a new camera for her birthday that’s around the corner as she lost her old one on a trip we took recently. Thanks to tag-and-win, that won’t be necessary.” Spies tagged an image of the Donkin, his favourite Icon,  to win the prize.

Perhaps it’s time to join the long list of winners by logging on to facebook, ‘like’ the Nelson Mandela Bay – South Africa page and tag your favourite icon in the Tag-and-Win folder.