Mayoral committee member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management in the City of Cape Town, James Vos, has presented the City’s Ten Point Strategy to revitalise the tourism sector to the newly appointed minister in the portfolio, Lindiwe Sisulu.
“On behalf of the City, I have written to the newly appointed Minister of Tourism, @LindiweSisuluSA, to welcome her into her new position, and to highlight the critical areas within this portfolio that need immediate action.” – Ald @VosJames
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— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) August 17, 2021
Vos highlighted a campaign the city is spearheading to enact a remote worker visa to give South Africa more appeal to a bigger category of tourists.
He further told the minister of an urgency to remove the country from the UK’s “red list” that dissuades travelers from going to listed countries because of high quarantine costs.
Vos also told Sisulu to put pressure on the Transport Department to approve Delta Airlines from the US request to fly directly to Cape Town.