‘Foreign market is back, and very strong’: Festive season holidaymakers boost coastal economies | News24

A skyline view of Cape Town, where the tourism sector has “experienced remarkable growth” over the past months.

Preliminary estimates from the coastal regions suggest this festive season may have been a bumper period for the tourism sector.

While statistics for the period have not yet been finalised, the Western Cape tourism sector has been left feeling optimistic by a busy season. KwaZulu-Natal fared slightly worse, however, with popular tourist destinations such as Durban and Umhlanga seeing a drop in visitors. 

City of Cape Town Mayco Member for Economic Growth James Vos said that Cape Town’s tourism sector had “experienced remarkable growth” over the past months.