Department of Economic Development and Tourism

Western Cape leads with biggest decrease in unemployment year-on-year

Joint Media Release: Western Cape leads with the biggest decrease in unemployment year-on-year According to the Quarterly Labour Force...

Hotel occupancy in the Western Cape in December 2023 stood at 73.4%, up from 71.6% in December 2022, compared to 62.4% for South Africa in...

“We are heading into an export crisis in the Western Cape at the end of the year. With the good rains we have experienced, our agricultural...

Between January and September of 2023, more than 6.8 million two-way international and domestic passengers passed through our award-winning...

In 2022, between January and December, the Western Cape passed building plans worth R 37.0 billion, more than any other province in South...

The provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Mireille Wenger, hosted her second annual ‘Summer Tourism Readiness Dialogue’...

Two-way passengers through the Cape Town International Airport’s (CTIA) international terminal remained strong between January and August...

Following the extreme weather over the Heritage weekend, the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism is hard at work to...

To mark World Tourism Day, Mireille Wenger, the provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities which includes Tourism, lauded the...

The Western Cape Government (WCG) is determined to further unlock and enable the enormous potential of the tourism and hospitality sector in...