PANDEMIC MEASURES
Coastal hotspots reel from cancellations and beach closures
More job losses and businesses closures likely as tourists cancel holiday bookings
16 December 2020 - 23:32
Coastal towns identified as Covid-19 hotspots on the Garden Route and in the Eastern Cape were left reeling on Wednesday as tourists cancelled holiday bookings after the closure of popular beaches.
The cost of cancellations is expected to run into hundreds of millions of rand, which could lead to more job losses and businesses closing. It’s another blow to SA’s tourism industry, which was among the hardest hit during the initial lockdown, which closed down virtually the whole economy in late March before being progressively eased...
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