Cape Town’s tourism industry reports incredible recovery
Cape Town has surpassed all expectations and is within short reach of achieving pre-pandemic tourism levels a lot earlier than anticipated.
The Cape Town International Airport has also reported an incredible recovery of 72% in domestic visitors and 98% in international visitors compared to the December 2019 festive season.
Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth says ‘This impressive rebound in tourism can be attributed to the City’s Tourism Bounce Back Strategy, which we developed with partners such as Cape Town Tourism amid the pandemic and is aimed at stimulating supply and demand from specific source markets… The official figures show significant recovery and, in some cases, surpass pre-Covid-19 numbers.
Regional General Manager at Cape Town International Airport Cluster, Mark Maclean, expressed gratitude to all passengers and visitors who used the airport over the festive period. ‘It has been a good festive season at CTIA with high reliability of operations… We are pleased with the 98% recovery of international passengers compared to 2019, driven by the return of airlines and the start-up of new airlines into the airport. We also recorded good domestic passenger demand, and we look forward to airlines adding additional capacity this year.’
Source: Getaway