HOTEL prices in
the Western Cape
dropped by over 11%
from May 2017 to May
2018 according to the
consumer price index data
published by Statistics
South Africa.
On September 5, OTAs
were displaying room rates
as low as R2 000 for
five-star properties over
December.
Craig van Rooyen,
director of Tour d’Afrique
told TNW that the demand
for travel to the region was
down 30% this year for the
coming December holidays
compared with the same
period last year.
Federated Hospitality
Association of South
Africa ceo, Tshifhiwa
Tshivhengwa, said there
had been low demand from
international and regional
travellers to the region in
recent months and this was
expected to be an ongoing
trend for the rest of the
year. Tshifhiwa highlighted
Day Zero threats, the
rand weakness and high
inventory as some of the
contributing factors for the
decline in hotel prices.
Vanya Lessing, ceo of
Sure Travel, said the price
drop, however, afforded
local travellers
and agents an opportunity
to book hotels in the
Cape Town region at lower
prices.
