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MINISTRY OF TOURISM
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Private Bag X424, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. Tel. (+27 12) 444 6780, Fax
(+27 12) 444 7027
Private Bag X9154, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa. Tel. (+27 21) 469 5800,
Fax: (+27 21) 465 3216
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY:
| | | | | |
|Question Number: 969 | | | | |
|Date of Publication: 22 August | | | | |
|2014 | | | | |
|NA IQP Number: 10 | | | | |
|Date of Reply: 10 | | | | |
|September 2014 | | | | |
âMR A G WHITFIELD (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF TOURISM:
(1) (a) How many (i) domestic and (ii) international travellers visited
the Eastern Cape each year between 2009 and 2014 and (b) what was his
departmentâs contribution to the Eastern Capeâs gross domestic product
(GDP) for each year of the specified period;
(2) (a) how many (i) domestic and (ii) international travellers visited
the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality each year between 2009 and 2014
and (b) what was his departmentâs contribution to the Nelson Mandela
Bay Municipalityâs GDP for each year of the specified period?â
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REPLY:
1. (a) The number of domestic and international travellers that visited the
Eastern Cape from 2009 to 2013 is shown below. Statistics for 2014 are
not available.
|(i) Domestic|2009 |2010 |2011 |2012 |2013 |2014 |
|travellers | | | | | | |
|(millions) | | | | | | |
| |5.7 |4.0 |2.8 |2.3 |2.1 |Data not|
| | | | | | |availabl|
| | | | | | |e |
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|(ii) |2009 |2010 |2011 |2012 |2013 |2014 |
|Internationa| | | | | | |
|l travellers| | | | | | |
| |315 094 |354 957 |307 658 |295 709 |323 429 |Data not|
| | | | | | |availabl|
| | | | | | |e |
(b) South African Tourism (SAT) does not collect information on tourism
contribution to Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) by province.
2. (a) (i) Data for domestic travellers is not collected at city level.
This information can be requested from the relevant provincial
departments.
|(ii) |2009 |2010 |2011 |2012 |2013 |2014 |
|Internationa| | | | | | |
|l travellers| | | | | | |
| |250 000 |290 000 |247 000 |190 000 |225 000 |Data not |
| | | | | | |available|
(b) South African Tourism does not collect information on tourism
contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by city. This information
can be requested from the relevant provincial departments.