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270 000 visitors flock to tourist attractions across the Western Cape in October

30 November 2022

The Western Cape’s tourism recovery is gaining momentum, with strong signs that a bumper summer season can be expected.

In October 2022 alone, foot fall at the 17 participating attractions in the Western Cape recorded a total of 269,016 visitors.

This is a 128% year-on-year growth in the number of visitors and a recovery rate of 65% when compared to October 2019.

The findings are included in Wesgro’s monthly tourism report for October 2022, which provides valuable insights into tourism trends in the Western Cape.

Other key findings include:

This is more good news for the Western Cape, following the announcement yesterday that 85 000 jobs were created in the province in the third quarter, bringing the total number of jobs created year-on-year to 203 000.  

This means that the Western Cape’s expanded unemployment rate decreased by 1.8 percentage points quarter-on-quarter and by 0.8 percentage points year-on-year.

It is now up to us to make sure that our destination is ready to welcome our visitors and that they have a memorable stay in the province, so that they keep on coming back. This will be a key focus for the Western Cape Government, as we head into our summer tourism season.