Tourism

Air Belgium has started flying to Cape Town.

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flying between Brussels and Cape Town and for the first six months of 2022, 500 tons of air cargo were flown between the two destinations.

Grand Parade Investments (GPI), which has sold some of its non-core assets such as Burger King, will delist from the JSE. The company intends to exit the gaming business where it has a minority share in Sun Slots, which operates limited payout machines (LPM). GPI is a shareholder in companies that operate casinos in the Western Cape and, with a 15% stake in SunWest International, GPI is connected to the Table Bay Hotel and the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

The landing of an Air Belgium jet at Cape Town International Airport in September 2022 was significant in several ways. The Airbus on the runway signalled that the Access Cape Town campaign, an initiative to entice airlines to Cape Town, was back on track and it opened up the possibility of increased numbers of tourists and goods moving between the city and Belgium.

Air Access created more than 750 000 new inbound seats between its inception in 2015 and 2020, adding something like R6-billion to the provincial economy.

Belgium is the Western Cape’s seventh-largest European export market, with R2.61-billion in goods exported in 2021, up 81.5% from 2020. The first flights of Air Belgium will not be direct to Cape Town, but as volumes increase it is expected that Cape Town will get its own direct flight. Two-way passenger traffic showed a 50% recovery for the first six months of 2022, with 8 300 passengers

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Cape Nature: www.capenature.co.za

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George Tourism: www.georgetourism.org.za

WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS 2023

While the air travel news showed that Covid is starting to recede as a factor, the Western Cape wants to build on the reputation it built up during the pandemic as a good destination for remote working. This is another motivation behind the provincial government’s support of digital connectivity.

The Western Cape Provincial Government wants to promote education in the arts. Based on research which found that 6% of employment in South Africa is in the cultural sector, the Western Cape will expand the traditional STEM emphasis to include two additional As: Arts and Agriculture. There are 60 000 people employed in the culture sector in the province.

A landmark on the Sea Point boulevard, the Winchester Hotel, reopened in 2021 after new owners Newmark spent R90-million on a major revamp. Having been built to house residential apartments, what became Winchester Gardens was famous for its jazz and Sunday teas. The 76-room hotel is now a luxury boutique hotel. ■

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