Interested parties including and the provincial government have slammed the Tourism Amendment Act, saying it could damage the sector in Cape Town. TheCapeArgus
Cape Town - Interested parties including and the provincial government have slammed the Tourism Amendment Act, saying it could damage the sector in Cape Town. “Wesgro is working with the Western Cape government on providing comment on the bill. This process is still ongoing.
In April the government published the Tourism Amendment Bill for public comment. Should it be signed into law, short-term home rentals will be regulated under the Tourism Act. The minister of tourism could then specify various “thresholds” in terms of Airbnb rentals. Echoing calls to regulate ride-share platform Uber, which has disrupted the taxi industry worldwide, local tourism industry players have long called for Airbnb to be regulated.
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