Ngokwesiko iPhasika yisikhathi esimatasa eKapa, ikakhulukazi mayelana nezokuvakasha zasekhaya nezasekhaya. Kulo nyaka kube nenani elikhulu labasubathi emlandweni weTwo Oceans Marathon, lapho kwaqoshwa khona abasubathi abacela ku-23,000 XNUMX. Abaningi babasubathi bemarathon bandise ukuhlala kwabo eKapa ngezinsuku ezimbalwa, besebenzisa ngokugcwele isiphetho esingajwayelekile samaholide omphakathi.
Izikhungo zezokuvakasha zaseKapa kanye nezindawo ezihehayo zibike imiphumela eyahlukene yempelasonto yePhasika kanye nebonanza yamaholide omphakathi alandelayo.
“I-Two Oceans Marathon ibe nomthelela ekuthelekeni kwezivakashi eMother City ngempelasonto yePhasika, kodwa uma sibheka impendulo evela embonini, asikaze sibe nokwanda okulindelekile kwezokungcebeleka kwangaphakathi noma zasekhaya kulezi zinsuku eziyishumi ezedlule,” kusho. Isikhulu esiphezulu seCape Town Tourism, uMariette du Toit-Helmbold. Ubalule ukuqhelelana kweKapa nezimakethe zezokuvakasha ezibalulekile zasekhaya njengeGauteng kanye neKwaZulu-Natal, ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zokuphila, kanye nokusimama komnotho okuhamba kancane njengezinto ezinomthelela. “Ukuncintisana kunzima, futhi kubalulekile ukubuka isikhathi sePhasika lika-2011 esimweni sokusimama kancane kwekota yokuqala ka-2011. .”
Yize izindawo ezihehayo bezinethemba ngenani lezivakashi kanye nabahwebayo ngesikhathi sePhasika, ezinye izindawo zokuhlala zibonakale ziphoxekile ngenxa yokwehla kwamazinga okuhlala abantu abebekulindele. “Silindele ukuthi izivakashi eziningi zasekhaya bezihlala nabangani noma izihlobo, noma zikhethe ukuziphekela,” kusho u-du Toit-Helmbold.
Imiphumela ye-Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) yesibili ye-FNB Tourism Business Index ikhombise ukuthi izinga lebhizinisi lezokuvakasha kuleli lehle kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe ngekota yokuqala yalo nyaka. "Empeleni, iTourism Index isitshela ukuthi izimo zokuhweba eziyinselelo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha zisekhona," kusho isikhulu se-TBCSA, uMmatsatsi Marobe. “Silindele ukuthi izimo zizohlala zinzima isikhathi eside,” kuphetha uMarobe.
Ezokuvakasha zaseKapa zinethemba lokuthi izimo zomnotho zizoba ngcono futhi zizogxila ekugqamiseni iminikelo yaseKapa yezivakashi zasekhaya njengengxenye yoMkhankaso wayo Wasebusika, kanye nokwenza ngcono isithunzi seKapa njengendawo yokwamukela kanye neyokubaluleka kwemali ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo.
“Isu leCape Town Tourism kulo nyaka ozayo wukutshala imali kakhulu ekukhangiseni kwezokuvakasha kuleli kanye nokubeka iKapa njengendawo eyingqayizivele, ekhuthazayo, futhi enenzuzo enkulu kubavakashi bendawo unyaka wonke, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zokuvakasha, okuyiPhasika. ngokwesiko iphawula isiqalo. Isikhathi sePhasika asikasetshenziswa futhi sinikeza ithuba elihle lokumaketha iKapa kubabukeli abaseduze nasekhaya,” kusho u-du Toit-Helmbold. “Ngaso leso sikhathi, kuhlale kunenqwaba yabantu baseCapeton abasuka edolobheni beyohlaba ikhefu kwezinye izingxenye zesifundazwe kanye nama-visa versa. Ukuhamba phakathi kwezifundazwe kubaluleke kakhulu njengoba kuqinisa izinhlobo zamadolobha namadolobhana futhi kwenza kahle ekuthuthukisweni komnotho wesifunda sonkana.”
UDeidre Hendriks, oyiMenenja yezokuXhumana e-Airports Company of South Africa, Cape Town International Airport, uthe: “Kusukela ngempelasonto yePhasika, futhi ngenxa yawo wonke amaholide engeziwe, isikhumulo sezindiza besimatasa kakhulu kulezi zinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule. . Ukufika ngendiza edolobheni kufinyelele inani eliphakeme ngoLwesine, Ephreli 21 kanye noLwesihlanu Oluhle lapho bekunenani elikhulu labagibeli endize ngezinsuku eziphakeme zokusuka okuyiSonto, Meyi 1 nangoMsombuluko, Meyi 2 njengoba izivakashi zibuyela ekhaya. Kulesi sikhathi sonyaka ukwanda kwabagibeli kugxile kakhulu kuleli.”
“I-Table Mountain Cableway ibe nesikhathi esihle sika-April kanye nePhasika okwaholela ekwenyukeni kwenani lezivakashi,” kuphawula uSabine Lehmann, oyi-CEO ye-Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. “Lokhu kuthonywe isimo sezulu, esisinikeze izimo ezikahle zokusebenza. Njengenjwayelo, iningi lezivakashi ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka bekungabantu baseNingizimu Afrika abasebenzisa amaholide ezikole ekuqaleni kuka-April nangamaholidi ekupheleni kuka-April,” kuqhuba u-Lehmann.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seRobben Island Museum, uSibongiseni Mkhize, siphawule: “I-Robben Island ibimatasatasa kulezi zinsuku eziyishumi ezedlule. Ngenxa yesidingo esikhulu abaphathi banqume ukwenza uhambo olwengeziwe ngempelasonto yePhasika. Yize isimo sezulu sesiqala ukubanda, lokhu akuzange kuzithene amandla izivakashi ezisathutheleka ngobuningi bazo ekuthengisweni kwamathikithi esigcinamagugu. Sifisa ukuzwakalisa ukwazisa kwethu ngosekelo esiluthola ezivakashini, zasekhaya nezakwamanye amazwe, kanye nabasebenza ngezokuvakasha.”
U-Annemie Liebenberg, oyiMenenja yezokuVakasha kanye nezinkonzo zamakhasimende e-V&A Waterfront uthe: “Sibone ukwanda kwesibalo sabantu abahamba ngezinyawo ngesikhathi sePhasika eV&A Waterfront. Sikholelwa ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwesimo sezulu esihle kanye nenhlobonhlobo yemisebenzi ethokozisayo enikezwayo phakathi nesikhathi samaholidi kube nomthelela ekutheni uLwesihlanu Oluhle lube usuku olumatasatasa kakhulu e-V&A ngokuya ngezivakashi. Siphinde saba nezimpendulo ezinhle ezivela ezindaweni zethu zokudlela mayelana nokutholwa kwezindawo zokudlela eziyisipesheli futhi iWheel of Excellence eyake yaduma ibone ukugibela okungu-200,000 kusukela ekuqaleni kwempelasonto yePhasika. I-Two Oceans Aquarium nayo ibike izinsuku ezinhle kakhulu zokuhweba ngawo womabili uMgqibelo (April 23) nangamaholide omphakathi ngoLwesithathu zingama-27.”
U-Theo Cromhout, onguMqondisi Wezokuthengisa Nezokumaketha we-The Taj Cape Town, uthe: “Kuyacaca ukuthi ukusimama komnotho kuzohamba kancane futhi nomkhakha wezokuvakasha nawo uyafana. Ngeke kube khona ukuguquka kungazelelwe, futhi sidinga ukukwamukela lokho. Lokhu kuyiqiniso eKapa njengoba kwenzeka nakwezinye izindawo emhlabeni.
Ngakho-ke, ngePhasika, okungeyona inkathi yezivakashi ezihamba phambili eKapa, besingalindele ukufunwa okukhulu kwangaphandle kwedolobha noma phesheya kwezilwandle, kodwa sikuphikisa lokhu ngokunikeza abantu baseKapa izipesheli nezinyuso, njengesidlo sethu sasemini sePhasika netiye likashokoledi. ”
U-Iain Harris, onguMnikazi weCoffeebeans Routes uthe, “Leli Phasika belithule kakhulu kubanikezeli bezokuvakasha kanye nabaqondisi bezivakashi. Kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuNdasa omatasatasa, kwaba ukwehla okukhulu. Lapho nje iPhasika seliphelile, saqala ukubhukha futhi. Sineminyaka emithathu kuphela ubudala manje, ngakho-ke kumayelana nokuthi sijule kangakanani, noma cha, ekuqapheleni kokuhamba. Kepha le mpelasonto ka-Ephreli nangePhasika yehlile ngokungangabazeki. ”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “The Two Oceans Marathon did contribute to a significant influx of visitors to the Mother City over the Easter weekend, but judging from feedback from the industry, we have not experienced the expected boom in inbound or domestic tourism over the last ten days,” said Cape Town Tourism CEO, Mariette du Toit-Helmbold.
- “Cape Town Tourism's strategy for the year ahead is to invest significantly in domestic tourism marketing and to position Cape Town as a unique, inspiring, and great value destination for local travelers all year-round, especially in off-peak periods, of which Easter traditionally marks the start.
- As always, the majority of visitors at this time of the year were South Africans making use of the school holidays in early April and the public holidays at the end of April,” Lehmann continued.
