Tourism in WC sees 16% increase of tourist arrivals in first quarter

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Tourist arrivals to Cape Town by air have seen a 16% increase between January and March 2024, reaching 336,268 visitors, according to Mireille Wenger, provincial minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities.

This has also indicated that the 2019 figure for the same period has also been surpassed, according to the first quarter tourism report for January to March 2024, compiled by the Western Cape Government’s tourism, trade and investment promotion agency, Wesgro.The report also highlighted many also highlighted that:

Between January and March 2024, Namibia led as the top air market from the African continent to Cape Town, with Zimbabwe in a very close second position. Angola, Mozambique and Kenya followed in the rest of the top 5 positions. While air routes are hard at work bringing in the visitors, the 53 participating Western Cape attractions across the six regions of the Western Cape recorded a total of 2 587 808 visitors between January and March 2024, a 23% growth in the number of visitors when compared to January to March 2023.

The top 5 highest year-on-year growth rates between January and March 2024 were recorded amongst the Western Cape’s nature and outdoor attractions, according to Western Cape Attractions & limited-time offers :De Hoop Nature Reserve

 

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