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Johannesburg - The 2010 World Cup will see a drop in locals going on holiday during the half-year school break, advisory services firm Grant Thornton said on Thursday.
"All school holidays have been scheduled to coincide with the
World Cup, so many families are likely to stay home," the company's director of strategic solutions, Gillian Saunders, said in a statement.
"This means that traditional holiday destinations, which won't
necessarily benefit directly from accommodating World Cup visitors, may have a slower season than usual."
Regular domestic holiday business linked to school holidays
would be "displaced", due to price inflation and congestion.
"Local business travel will almost cease, unless absolutely
necessary. This will actually be a welcome development as we need
the hotel room capacity and rental car pool for tourist use in the
key centres."
- Sapa