South Africa’s tourism businesses need to change their models: minister
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Tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says that South African tourism businesses have been particularly hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic because of their focus on international travellers.
In a media briefing at the launch of the new Hotel Sky in Cape Town, Kubayi-Ngubane said that unlike other parts of the world, before the pandemic, international tourism contributed more than domestic tourism to South Africa’s total tourism income.
“For this reason, a large proportion of our supply market was geared towards international tourism and with the closure of travel globally, this market suffered severely,” she said.