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Cape Town hotel offers self-isolation rooms for returning South Africans

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“We’ve got a small window of opportunity ... as the president said on Sunday evening, visas will be revoked and ports will be closed from certain destinations.”

, stopped flights and revoked tourist visas to visitors from high-risk countries. With the travel industry in trouble as a result, one Cape Town hotel has made a last-minute attempt to fill its beds.

As South Africans make their way home, however, the hotel saw a lifeline that could keep the lights on at least for the next 14 days. According to Francois Steyn, hospitality asset manager at management firm Spear, the idea is to recreate a “a little bit of home” while people wait out the mandatory 14 days of self-isolation for South Africans returning from high-risk countries.

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