Speakers: Selma Karuaihe; Nthabiseng Tsoanamatsie; Lebogang Mashile; and Maria Molokomme (EPD) HSRC

Date:  Thursday, 4 September     Time: 12:30  – 13:30

Venue:    VCRs, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban

The tourism sector contributes significantly to the national and provincial economies of South Africa. However, the inclusion of tourism activities in other sectors requires an independent analysis of the sector’s impact on the economy, especially at the local level. Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the tourism sector’s contribution to the economy of the Limpopo Province through primary survey.

This contribution is measured in terms of spending by tourists; job creation; skills development; tourists arrival and departure; capacity of establishments, etc. All these indicators show that there is a great potential for the tourism sector in Limpopo to develop and improve its current contribution to the local and the national economies. Empirical findings from the survey support the secondary data that, the tourism sector contributes positively to the national and the provincial economies.

The seminar may be attended in Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban.

Kindly RSVP by 03 September 2014.

Cape Town: Ray Adams (021) 466 7936, radams@hsrc.ac.za  12th Floor, Plein Park Building, Plein Street, Cape Town
Durban: Ridhwaan Khan (031) 242 5400, rkhan@hsrc.ac.za   1st Floor, 750 Francois Road, Ntuthuko Junction, Pods 5 and 6, Cato Manor
Pretoria: Arlene Grossberg (012) 302 2811, acgrossberg@hsrc.ac.za  1st  Floor, HSRC Building, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria