Cape Town tourism registers impressive numbers in December
Word coming from Cape Town is that the city’s tourism is well on its way to recovery to post-pandemic figures, according to tourism leaders in the Mother City. This is underpinned by preliminary statistics received from Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) as recorded by the Cape Town International Airport. The CTIA recorded 266 656 international
Cape Town tourism registers impressive numbers in December
Word coming from Cape Town is that the city’s tourism is well on its way to recovery to post-pandemic figures, according to tourism leaders in the Mother City.
This is underpinned by preliminary statistics received from Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) as recorded by the Cape Town International Airport.
The CTIA recorded 266 656 international two-way passenger numbers for December 2022 thus resulting in a 95% recovery from the pre-pandemic numbers achieved in December 2019.
Tourism Update reports that domestic terminals, for the same month, documented an impressive 72% recovery when compared with the 2019 figure, with 790 514 two-way passengers recorded.
Mireille Wenger, the provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities has expressed delight in the development and called it a “spectacular recovery”.
“It has been a bumper season for the Cape! Wesgro is confident that the province is well on its way to moving from tourism recovery to tourism growth in 2023,” she said.
“Cape Town and the Western Cape will continue to flourish in the coming year, welcoming even more tourists to enjoy wide-open spaces and world-class yet affordable travel experiences.”
Wenger noted that this cruising season which runs from November ’22 to April ’23, there would be 75 ship visits to the Cape Town Cruise Termina which is the largest amount in its history.
It is also reported that 41 ships were turnaround visits, meaning passengers disembark here and new passengers board for a new journey.
“More visitors to our province mean more jobs for our residents and so this is excellent news indeed,” she added.
“We are committed to growing these figures even further by connecting Cape Town to more destinations around the world, and by doing whatever we can to remove barriers that stand in the way of this sector’s success.”
Over this period, Provincial Traffic Services also noted high levels of traffic on Western Cape roads as citizens and visitors travelled to and within the province.
