Wesgro, the Western Cape’s tourism, trade and investment promotional body has released data showing a solid recovery for the Western Cape’s tourism and hospitality sector, especially over the Easter season.
Air passenger traffic is on the rise, and the April 2022 monthly report reflected significant recovery rates at key attractions, with some attractions recording rates of 100% and more.
Here are some of the key findings for April 2022:
– International and domestic terminal passengers both recovered to over 70% in April 2022 and George Airport passengers fully recovered (101%) when compared to April 2019.
– Hotel occupancy grew from 37,9% in April 2021 to 52,4% in April 2022, representing a recovery rate of 87% when compared to April 2019.
– Visitors to the 27 participating attractions recorded a total of 448,347 in April 2022, a 67% year-on-year growth in the number of visitors and a recovery rate of 61% when compared to April 2019 (734,850).
– The top 5 highest year-on-year growth rates were recorded for Agulhas National Park (+705%), Kogelberg Nature Reserve (+167%), and Table Mountain National Park: Boulders (+159%), Robben Island (+145%) and Stony Point (+112%).
– Natural attractions, particularly Table Mountain, Cape Point, Hottentots Hollandberge, Knysna Heads and the Southern Tip of Africa were popular amongst both domestic and international tourists.
‘Our Cape Town Air Access Team has recovered 21 destinations in its route network and we have also seen a significant interest in establishing routes between Cape Town and new markets such as the USA and Belgium,’ said Wesgro CEO and Official Spokesperson for Cape Town Air Access, Wrenelle Stander.
Picture: Getaway gallery
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