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Western Cape raking in visitors
Cape Town – More travellers are visiting the Western Cape and its attractions than in previous years, Tourism MEC Alan Winde said on Thursday.
“Preliminary statistics reveal that a total of 4.21 million passengers arrived at Cape Town International Airport in 2011.
“This is 4.16 percent higher than what was achieved in 2010, the year that we hosted the FIFA World Cup,” he said.
The trend was consistent with the figures for December, when there were 17% more international visitors, he said.
Regional visitors increased by 26.8% and domestic visitors by 4.5% last month.
There was a sharp increase of visitors to Cape Point, Kirstenbosch Gardens, Boulders Beach and the Table Mountain Cableway over the festive season.
More people visited the Overberg region, outside Cape Town, with popular attractions being the De Hoop Nature Reserve, the seaside village of Arniston and the small town of Napier near Bredasdorp.
Winde said more people were visiting the province because of the hard work of the tourism industry and the welcoming attitude of residents.
Most international visitors felt the province was safe, according to a snapshot exit poll of 25 people from 14 countries at Cape Town airport on Wednesday.
All visitors said they would return and 40% said they would bring their families next time.
Winde said the province’s poor performer was Robben Island, with 7.5% fewer visitors than in December 2010.
“This world heritage site continues to be plagued by bad service, staff with a questionable work ethic and shoddy infrastructure.
“Instead of being an icon of our province and country, Robben Island has become a blemish on our tourism industry.”
Winde said he would meet the island’s team to discuss possible improvements.
In 2012, the province would promote itself to travellers from Africa, the Middle East and Brazil, Russia, India and China.
It would also continue to market itself to domestic tourists.
Winde said his ultimate goal was for tourism to contribute 10% to 15% of the region’s gross domestic product by 2014.
Tourists pour into Cape
December 21 2011 at 12:18pm – CLAYTON BARNES
Nearly 300 000 domestic travellers passed through Cape Town International Airport last month, 4 percent more than last year, Acsa Cape Town spokeswoman Deidre Davids said.
Popular tourist attractions have already begun to benefit, including hotels and resorts on the Garden Route and the West Coast that are already fully booked, while:
At least 100 000 people are expected to use the Table Mountain cableway this month.
The V&A Waterfront is expecting at least 3 million visitors this month.
However, Cape Town Tourism communications manager Skye Grove said struggling accommodation establishments in the city were not seeing the same boom, with most visitors choosing to stay with family and friends instead.
“The increase we are seeing is at the popular tourist attractions, not at hotels and guest houses… People are extremely price-sensitive because of the current economic conditions, both locally and internationally.”
Grove said very few hotels in the city were fully booked for the festive season.
“We have to remember that room capacity increased dramatically in Cape Town as result of the World Cup,” she said.
“There are about 60 000 hotel, guest house, bed and breakfast, self-catering and backpacker beds in greater Cape Town. We have seen an increased accommodation capacity of about 40 percent over the past four years.
“Domestic and international visitors are looking for added value and expect excellent service. They are, more than ever, prepared to shop around for the best deal when it comes to experiences, food, drinks and accommodation.”
Cape Town Routes Unlimited chief executive Calvyn Gilfellan said the hospitality industry would see “a slight return to normality” over the next four to six weeks.
He said conditions were still tough and that many holiday-makers were going for cheaper accommodation rates or one-day trips.
“The city centre has a lot of spare accommodation this year. Our aim over the next few days will be to encourage visitors to book in the city. There are 20 percent more rooms in the city than two years ago.”
Gilfellan said establishments could not afford to overcharge.
“Competition is tough, people know they have to be realistic with their rates,” he said.
Meanwhile, one of the city’s high-end hotels is almost fully booked.
Ian Manley, publicist for the One&Only Cape Town, said occupancy figures were healthy, with most dates leading up to New Year’s Eve already booked.
“Bookings for the festive season lunches and dinners at Reuben’s One&Only and Nobu One&Only are already at full capacity and the resort has opened other venues over this period to handle the extra demand,” said Manley.
One of the city’s cheapest places to stay is the River View Lodge in Observatory, at R250 a person a night including breakfast.
Receptionist Tina Daniels said the 35-room lodge was 80 percent booked until New Year. “We’ve had much more bookings this year, especially from domestic visitors from Gauteng and Durban, compared to last year.”
Tourism and Finance MEC Alan Winde said value for money and good service were key to attracting more foreign visitors.
He predicted a slight improvement in the industry over last festive season, “but don’t expect fireworks”.
“The market is tough and is going to become even more competitive, so we have to up our game. Quality and service will set us apart from the rest.”
Gilfellan said popular attractions were doing exceptionally well.
“The cableway, the Robben Island Museum and Cape Point remain firm favourites. December is when locals travel. We become tourists in our own city.”
Cableway marketing manager Collette van Aswegen said about 5 000 people were expected to use the cableway over the next few weeks.
“We expect about 100 000 visitors for December. It’s already picking up and the real summer season hasn’t even started.”
By 11am yesterday the waiting time at the cableway was about an hour.
V&A Waterfront spokeswoman Annemie Liebenberg said there had been a steady influx of visitors since Monday.
The V&A was expecting 3 million visitors this month, she said.