WTTC: Tourists are travelling back to SA's biggest cities
The World Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) latest report has revealed positive signs of recovery for the South African travel and tourism sector with travellers heading back to its major cities. The report, researched in partnership with Oxford Economics, analysed key indicators such as travel and tourism's direct contribution to GDP, employment and traveller spend.
The results show travellers are returning to cities such as Cape Town and Johannesburg with all indicators bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels.
The WTTC Cities Economic Impact Report shows that in 2019, the travel and tourism sector contributed over $2.5bn to Cape Town’s economy and more than $2.1bn to Johannesburg’s.
However, the pandemic devastated the country’s economy. In 2020, both cities' travel and tourism GDP contribution dropped by more than half, falling to $1bn.
Source: Bizcommunity