‘All the rooms are empty’: KwaZulu-Natal tourism reels from Covid-19 effects
Scrapping of the annual African Tourism Indaba alone will see more than 10,000 visitors cancelling their bookings
18 March 2020 - 16:57
Covid-19 is having a devastating effect on tourism establishments in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), leading to mass cancellations and job layoffs.
The first confirmed case of coronavirus in SA was picked up in KZN in a man in the Hilton area, who had just returned from an overseas visit in Italy. He was released from hospital on Wednesday...
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