The City of Durban anticipates another busy weekend with the upcoming rugby match between the Sharks and the Bulls. Mayor Cyril Xaba expects the match to draw thousands of visitors, boosting hotel occupancy and the local economy.
With a big rugby match between old rivals, the Sharks and the Bulls taking place in Durban , the City is expected to have another bumper weekend. The match, which is expected to draw thousands and boost hotel occupancy in the City will take place at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on Saturday.
Giving an update on the numbers of tourists that have visited Durban shores so far on Thursday, eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba expressed his optimism on the financial spin off for the City during the rugby match. Buoyed by the big turnout over the long weekend where the City received 113 000 visitors, mayor Xaba said he was expecting another bumper weekend. “This coming weekend, Durban will be hosting an exciting rugby match between old rivals, the Hollywoodbets Sharks and the Vodacom Bulls at the Hollywoodbets Kings Park Rugby Stadium. So, it is going to be another bumper weekend. As the leadership of the City, we are delighted that we are now in the middle of the festive season and visitors continue to descend on our shores,” he said. Xaba said considering that there were only a few days left before Christmas, the City felt it was vital that it communicated this information so that all relevant stakeholders were aware and on board. Xaba said for the Reconciliation Day long weekend from December 13-16, the City received 113 000 visitors. Of this number, 68 000 were overnight visitors and the direct spend was R463 million with over 2 000 direct employment opportunities created. The contribution to the GDP was R1.145 billion. Xaba said these figures demonstrated that Durban remains the premier holiday destination. He also announced that the hotel occupancy rate was 72%, with market demand concentrating in the northern areas and the beachfront. This was 3% short of the 75% target the City had earmarked for the duration of the festive seaso
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