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Cape Townâ€™s tourism figures indicate steady recovery

Source: Tourism Update, 23/01/2019

Robben Island showed the highest year-on-year increase for December
with a 28% growth in visitors, mostly attributed to improved
operations since the same period last year. This was after a year of
challenges that saw the attraction 10% down for the whole of 2018.
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway also reported a 6% year-on-year
increase for December, a notable recovery after ending the year 2%
down for the whole of 2018.
The V&A Waterfront reported that visitor figures were 2% lower for
December than in the same period in 2017, as did the Two Oceans
Aquarium and Cape Point.
Chapmanâ€™s Peak Drive was static at 0%, while Kirstenbosch National
Botanical Gardens saw a 5% decline in December and 5% decrease for
the whole of 2018.
Groot Constantia reported a 23% decrease for December, however an
overall decline of 6% for the whole of 2018.

International passengers at Cape Town International Airport were up
4% in December (year-on-year), and over 9% in total for 2018, sitting
at 2.4 million passengers, according to Airports Company South
Africa.
Cape Townâ€™s hotel occupancy saw an increase of 2%, however the
average daily rate was down 4% year-on-year, according to the STR
Destination Report.
â€œTourism in general is in a period of slow recovery following the
drought and recession, and the figures reported bear this out. The
recovery of water supplies in the latter part of 2018 following
healthy rainfall and the implementation of additional water supplies
came a little too late to counteract bookings to the city, although
December, in general, offered an indication that tourism is on track
to becoming a more stable economic environment once again,â€ said Cape
Town Tourism CEO, Enver Duminy.
Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset
Management, Alderman James Vos added: â€œIt has been a mammoth task on
the part of stakeholders to work towards sustainability within the
tourism sector throughout 2018, and the figures for December offer
some reassurance that this is paying off.â€

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