The direct contribution of the tourism sector to the GDP was R130.1‑billion in 2018, which constituted nearly 3% of the direct contribution to GDP, according to Statistics South Africa’s 2020 tourism report.
The tourism industry has been battered by lockdowns, with the latest statistics showing that the number of foreign visitors dropped by 71% from just over 15.8-million in 2019 to fewer than 5-million people in 2020.
He argues that the adoption of vaccination passports will send a message that the country has a vaccination programme and aims to reach herd immunity. Grace Harding, the head of The Restaurant Collective and chief executive of Ocean Basket said protecting lives and livelihoods should be at the forefront of decision-making and that the government was just “inventing new rules as they go”.
“We first have to make sure our house is safe before we boss other people around,” she added, which necessitated “tourism, health and home affairs and sitting down and [asking] how do we make our own people safe and how do we make our country safe.”
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