Cape water crisis: Tourism could be picking up
Perceptions created by the water crisis had an impact on tourism, but there are signs of recovery, says Tim Harris, CEO of Wesgro.
Wesgro is the official tourism, trade and investment promotion agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape.
Harris was participating in a panel on resilient tourism in times of crisis. The discussion formed part of the Africa Travel Summit hosted by Airbnb at the Guga S’thebe culture centre in Langa, Cape Town this week.
In Harris’s view, there is a lot of internal resilience in Africa and among its people.
“If we are looking for hope, then we should assure ourselves that we in Africa have great resilience. We can then communicate that to the rest of the world,” he said.
Cape Town during the drought was a prime example, Harris said.
Source: fin24.com
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