This week, the City brought together tourism business owners from all across Cape Town for an engagement in Khayelitsha focused on community product development.

The event saw Khayelitsha entrepreneurs showcase their wares and exchange ideas around capitalising on the upcoming holiday season.

‘Cape Town is a lot more than just mountains and beaches. We are a kaleidoscope of cultures, cuisine and communities. The purpose of this Khayelitsha gathering is to bring together people from different corners of the city’s tourism industry and to help them find synergies in terms of their product development,’ said Alderman James Vos, the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth.

The business owners were given a peek of the community’s hospitality offerings with a stop at Siki’s Coffee Shop, the Spinach King, Khaltsha Cycle, Spine Road Lifestyle bar and restaurant, and the Spade Boutique Hotel.

‘With such an exciting variety of experiences in one area, this is the golden mile of Cape Town when it comes to tourism,’ said Alderman Vos.

The event comes as the city gets ready for a bumper holiday season with increased flights and cruise ships coming into Cape Town.

‘We are now landing more flights per day than even before Covid-19. By honing our product offering, we can encourage the travellers coming in on those planes from all over the world to stay and spend at our small businesses, which means more rands will end up circulating in communities.

‘Through tourism, we can continue to honour the communities and cultures of Cape Town while realising meaningful economic growth for those same people,’ said Alderman Vos.

Source: City Of Cape Town