Cape Town lifts depressed South Africa economy

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala (middle), flanked by among others the Kenya Ports Authority Managing Director Catherine Mturi Mabruk and Principal Secretary for Gender Mwanamaka Mturi in consultation with port workers at the port of Mombasa in Mombasa County on Monday,024th July,2017. Balala was inspecting the ongoing construction of the proposed cruise ship terminal at Berth no one at the port.[Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

South Africa’s top tourist hub Cape Town expects a 13 per cent jump in visitors this year to 1.77 million, officials said on Thursday, a rare bright spot in an economy that slid into recession in March.

Cape Town had the country’s four most popular attractions, including Robben Island - apartheid’s most notorious jail where former president Nelson Mandela spent 18 years.