DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
DEPARTEMENT VAN TOERISME
MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 988 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to the above-mentioned question is
enclosed for your consideration.
Dirk van Schalkwyk
DIRECTOR-GENERAL (Acting)
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QUESTION NO. 988
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 12
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 28 August
Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Tourism:
With reference to recent media reports indicating that only 63% of tourists
who attended the Confederations Cup intend visiting South Africa for the
2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup Tournament, (a) how does this compare to
previous Confederations Cup to World Cup revisiting statistics and (b) what
were the reasons expressed that more than one third of Confederations Cup
tourists not wish to revisit South Africa for the World Cup?
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MR G R KRUMBOCK (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
988. THE MINISTER OF TOURISM ANSWERS:
The figure of 63% of tourists the media report is referring to, was part of
the results of a study commissioned by Cape Town Tourism in partnership
with the University of Cape Town. The study was done on a sample of 323
foreign tourists who were in South Africa during the Confederations Cup and
the significance of the study was not indicated in the report. However,
about 21% of the respondents indicated that they were not coming back for
the World Cup and 15, 3% were not sure. This indicates that we might have
more that 63% coming back, but it is not clear from the study what the
reasons were that were indicated by those who were not coming back for the
2010 World Cup. Even though some of the respondents indicated that they
will not visit South Africa during the 2010 World Cup, more that 95% of all
respondents indicated that they would recommend South Africa as a holiday
destination.
The department is not aware on any studies done in previous Confederations
Cups. However, the total attendance during the 2005 Confederations Cup and
the 2006 World Cup held in Germany were 603 106 and 3 353 655 respectively.