Domestic weekend travel has started to show signs of revival since the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions eased last year.
Global tech start-up RoomRaccoon monitored occupancy of more than 3 200 rooms at boutique hotels, B&B’s and guest houses across South Africa. It found that weekday occupancy has steadily risen to an average of 30%.
However, it is weekend occupancy that has shown a surge at these establishments, with numbers edging towards 60% through November and December 2020. The recent Valentine’s weekend saw occupancy spike to 58%.
Establishments in the coastal areas, including Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Garden Route,…