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Cape Town - Cape Town and the Kwazulu-Natal coast are still the biggest domestic tourism drawcards, Danny Bryer, director of sales, marketing and revenue for the Protea Hospitality Group told Fin24.
In KZN the Umhlanga area, in particular, is very popular with holidaymakers judging by the number of bookings make at hotels across the region.
“One of the trends we’ve noted is more people wanting to take a break before it gets crazy busy in that period from December 23 to January 4, and quite a few people booking for just after that as well," said Bryer.
“It was the same last year, with an average length of stay of three nights and an average booking lead time of 27 days."
He said the booking patterns so far this year are following much the same path, because hotels are offering very attractive packages for those "early" or "late" travellers.
“Hotels are filling up, but there’s certainly still room at the inn,” said Bryer.
On average last year, for the period between December 23 and January 4, travellers were booking four nights with a booking lead time of 60 days or more for the popular coastal areas.
“This year we’re seeing much the same pattern, which is interesting, because it means the massive fuel, food and electricity cost increases experienced by consumers this year hasn’t curbed their holiday spending. That’s very good news for the regional economies,” said Bryer.
"Africa’s biggest Aids conference also takes places in Cape Town from December 7 to 11, which will bolster tourism numbers and spending in the city for the early part of the season."
- Fin24
In KZN the Umhlanga area, in particular, is very popular with holidaymakers judging by the number of bookings make at hotels across the region.
“One of the trends we’ve noted is more people wanting to take a break before it gets crazy busy in that period from December 23 to January 4, and quite a few people booking for just after that as well," said Bryer.
“It was the same last year, with an average length of stay of three nights and an average booking lead time of 27 days."
He said the booking patterns so far this year are following much the same path, because hotels are offering very attractive packages for those "early" or "late" travellers.
“Hotels are filling up, but there’s certainly still room at the inn,” said Bryer.
On average last year, for the period between December 23 and January 4, travellers were booking four nights with a booking lead time of 60 days or more for the popular coastal areas.
“This year we’re seeing much the same pattern, which is interesting, because it means the massive fuel, food and electricity cost increases experienced by consumers this year hasn’t curbed their holiday spending. That’s very good news for the regional economies,” said Bryer.
"Africa’s biggest Aids conference also takes places in Cape Town from December 7 to 11, which will bolster tourism numbers and spending in the city for the early part of the season."
- Fin24
