Western Cape tourism numbers increase

Anansa Jacobs

02 February 2012

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says that there has been an increase in tourism numbers over the past festive season .

Zille says that the tourism sector in the Western Cape remains an important contributor to the province's economy.

She also mentioned that the number of international arrivals rocketed by 27 percent and that tourism arrivals from the rest of Africa went up by 16 percent.

However Zille says it is not always factual that the beauty of an area means that tourism numbers will rise.