The Eastern Cape tourism sector continues to attract both international and local. The province launched its summer season at the world-renowned Wild Coast.
“The Wild Coast has got very unique plants and fishes and endemic plants; we have fish that migrate from Mozambique to this Wild Coast. So, people from other parts of the country and abroad must come to the Wild Coast and have joy,” says Group Director of the Tourism Advocacy Sinegugu Zukulu. “Yes, we have initiatives run by the communities like the homestays. Hikers do not have to stay in established rooms but communities open up their homes and accommodate tourists. It’s a way of creating jobs, it’s a way of fighting poverty through tourism,” says Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency’s Lavinia Shaw.
“We value tourism because it creates jobs, some are permanent, some are temporal like this one here at the Wild Coast. People here are working, some are selling, so we value it because it’s exactly our mission to change lives out of tourism, so we value it,” says Mlungisi Mvoko, Eastern Cape MEC for Finance and Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
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