Published on : Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A reduction in the petrol price of R1.50 or thereabouts per litre is expected to encourage more people from Gauteng and the Free State to make the trek to KZN’s beaches, while the British Airways direct flight between London and Durban that started at the end of October will bring in more Britons to tan in KZN.
The large slash in the petrol price will make KZN more accessible to a larger number of people from inland provinces.
King Shaka Airport passenger data from the Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) has continued to exhibit growth in the number of passengers. At the World Travel Market in London this week, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom said that South Africa is open for business and aims to welcome more overseas tourists.
Hanekom predicted that 2019 would be a stronger year for tourism following last year’s drought, which nearly led to Cape Town almost running out of water. “We know we’ve been growing, but tourism is vulnerable to various types of shocks,” Hanekom said.
In recent months, King Shaka outperformed other airports. The 6.5 percent y/y increase in domestic passenger arrivals to 245 361 in December last year shows that the domestic economy is reviving.
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