Published on : Friday, July 12, 2019
In May, President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address talked about an ambitious project that would help in doubling international arrivals to 21 million by 2030.
Kubayi-Ngubane explained that to attain the target of international arrival, the growth rate of foreign arrivals is required to grow to over 4% in the short term and be consistently above 6% until 2030.
Last year, South Africa welcomed 7.8 million visitors from within the African continent, which represented the largest percentage of international arrivals.
The minister explained that domestic tourism remained pretty injured and its potential must be fully exploited.
“In the next few weeks, we will be aggressive in our strategy and we will work with provinces to ensure that South Africans travel within their own country.”
Kubayi-Ngubane stated that as they hoped for an increase in overseas tourist arrivals, government remained conscious of anxieties around safety and security.
“We’re at an advanced stage of developing a tourism safety strategy. We’re working with SAPS, local government and members within the sector.”