Locals saved Cape Town's December tourism season – and may be rewarded with lower prices
Cape Town, the country's tourism hub, was hardest hit by international cancellations. Fortunately for the city's tourism industry, which, prior to the pandemic, directly employed close to 50,000 people and brought around R15 billion into the economy, South African holidaymakers flocked to the coast, offsetting at least some losses incurred by the travel bans.
But almost a third of respondents surveyed who initially said that they intended to travel in December, didn't. Of these respondents, almost 70% said they'd changed their minds because of financial constraints. Some Cape Town attractions, like Kirstenbosch Gardens and the Table Mountain Cableway, already have dual prices,. South African National Parks Week also offers free entry to South Africans, with foreigners needing to pay.
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