During a special council meeting held on Tuesday, it was proposed that the current grant amounts for Cape Town Tourism for the financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25 should be raised by R2.6 million each financial year.
, the report noted that Cape Town Tourism expressed concerns regarding the lack of inflationary increases. The organisation argued that this would result in a real reduction in their finances over the three-year period. This decrease in funding is particularly significant considering the challenges faced by Cape Town tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘By not providing an inflationary increase, the City is inadvertently stifling the projected growth of the sector,’ it said. Nadia Satarien from the Cape Coloured Congress expressed concerns about the limited impact of tourism on coloured communities and indigenous cultures. Satarien believed that the DA-led city did not have the intention to uplift the economy of the Cape Flats.
Paul Jacobson from Freedom Front Plus commended the City and Cape Town Tourism for their outstanding work. He urged Cape Town Tourism to have a greater influence on City politicians than the other way around. Jacobson expressed a desire to avoid initiatives tainted by political interference.Appreciate the beauty of Cape Town with a 60-minute cruise for R155 . Get it‘My plea is that Cape Town Tourism dictates to City politicians what is necessary rather than the other way around.
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