It’s great news indeed for Cape Town International Airport, as they recently revealed full tourism recovery since COVID-19.
This past April 2023, Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) proudly recorded full recovery numbers compared with pre-pandemic levels in April 2019.
As per the monthly tourism report compiled by the Western Cape Government’s official trade, investment, and tourism promotion agency, Wesgro, the airport saw exactly 67 747 tourist arrivals, 87% of whom originated from overseas markets and 13% from Africa.
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Other major stand-outs from the report, as reported by Tourism Update were:
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Mireille Wenger, Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, said she was thrilled they had reached pre-pandemic levels.
“I am very pleased that we have reached pre-pandemic levels of tourists to the Western Cape. Our focus now is to move beyond recovery and to focus all efforts on growing the tourism and hospitality sector because more tourists mean more jobs in the Western Cape,” Wenger said.
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