Cape Town has emerged as the top choice for hosting Africa’s Travel Indaba among Tourism Update readers. Although SA Tourism has announced that the trade show will take place from May 11-14, the host city for next year’s event has yet to be confirmed.
When asked where the event should be hosted, the majority of respondents to our latest poll (43.6%) chose Cape Town. This was followed by the traditional host city of Durban with 31.8% of the votes. A total of 16.6% of respondents would like to see the show hosted in Johannesburg while 8.1% chose “Other”.
How has your tourism business performed this year?
This week’s International Tourism Report from Statistics South Africa will provide an interesting snapshot of the country’s inbound arrivals for the first half of 2025.
The Stats SA reports released so far this year have indicated reasonable year-on-year growth from top source markets such as the UK but arrivals continue to linger approximately 10% behind pre-COVID figures.
We’d love to hear what you have witnessed in this respect.
Our poll question this week is:
