Tourism impact, distribution and development: The spatial structure of tourism in the Western Cape province of South Africa

Figures & data

Figure 1: Regional distribution of accommodation supply in the Western Cape, 2001

Table 1: Hotel distribution in the Western Cape, 2001

Region	Number of hotel units	Per cent of total	Number of beds	Per cent of total	Average number of beds per hotel unit	Hotel beds as percentage of total number of beds in region
City of Cape Town	100	47,4	13 523	64	135	65
Garden Route	42	19,9	4 020	19	96	33
Overberg	21	10,0	1 067	5	51	17
West Coast	20	9,5	704	3,3	35	14
Breede River Valley	11	5,2	533	2,5	49	13
Winelands	7	3,3	424	2	61	15
Klein Karoo	7	3,3	574	2,7	82	22
Central Karoo	3	1,4	302	1,4	101	42
Total	211		21 147		100
Source: Western Cape Tourism Board (2001).

Table 2: Distribution of hotel beds in the Cape metropolis, 2001

Municipality	Number of hotel units	Number of hotel beds	Per cent of total	Average number of beds per hotel
Cape Town	67	10 812	80	161
Tygerberg	9	1 076	8	119
Helderberg	9	779	5,8	86
South Peninsula	9	360	2,6	40
Blaauwberg	4	280	2,0	70
Oostenberg	2	216	1,6	108
Total	100	13 523
Source: Western Cape Tourism Board (2001).

Figure 2: Trends in hotel bed-nights sold in the Western Cape, 1992–2001

Figure 3: The hotel market for international tourists in the Western Cape

Figure 4: Share of hotel bed-nights sold to foreigners in the Western Cape, by region, 1995–1997

Table 3: Tourist usage, by star grading

Star grading	Ungraded	One- and two-star	Three-star	Four-star	Five-star	Three- to five-star	One- to four-star	Total
Per cent of bed nights sold, by star grading
City of Cape Town		13	41	28	18			100
Klein and Central Karoo	6	48	46					100
Garden Route	41	7	52					100
Winelands	28					72		100
West Coast	35						65	100
Breede River Valley	69						31	100
Overberg							100	100
Per cent of hotel income, by star grading
City of Cape Town		8	23	27	42			100
Klein and Central Karoo	25	29	46					100
Garden Route	19	13	68					100
Winelands	15					85		100
West Coast	37						63	100
Breede River Valley	43						57	100
Overberg							100	100
Source: Statistics South Africa (January 2001).

Figure 5: Distribution of tourism investments in the Western Cape, 1998–2001

Figure 6: Distribution of tourism investments in Cape Town, 1998–2001

Table 4: Tourism investments in the Western Cape, 1998–2001

Region	Total number of projects	Under construction (number)	Approved (number)	Planned (number)	Total known value of projects (R billion)
Cape Town	32	17	5	10	7.8
Winelands	11	4	3	4	1.95
Garden Route	9	8	–	1	5
Overberg	9	5	–	4	1.95
West Coast	6	3	1	2	0.31
Breede River Valley	3	–	–	3	0.15
Klein Karoo	2	–	–	2	0.005
Central Karoo	0	0	0	0	0
Total	72	37	9	26	R17.2bn
Source: Wesgro, MIDO database.

Table 5: Breakdown of provincial tourism investments, by type and location

Primary investment category	Total number of projects	Location
		Metropolitan	Non-metropolitan
		1. Accommodation
a) Hotel	10	Helderberg;	Overberg (2)
		Blaauwberg;	West Coast
		Tygerberg (2)
b) Hotel + conference	4	Cape Town (3)	Overberg
		Cape Town	Winelands (2)
c) Hotel and residential	2		West Coast
d) Tourist accommodation	2	Cape Town	Klein Karoo
		Robben Island
2. Golf
a) Golf courses	5	Tygerberg	Winelands (3)
			Garden Route
b) Golf complexes (golf + residential or golf + hotel)	12	Blaauwberg	Overberg (2)
			Winelands (4)
			Garden Route (5)
3. Combination recreation/leisure and residential	10	Cape Town (2)	Garden Route (2)
		Tygerberg (3)	Wineland
		Blaauwberg	Overberg
4. Combination recreation/leisure and commercial	3		Breede River Valley
			West Coast
			Garden Route
5. Infrastructure	10	Tygerberg (5)	Winelands
		Cape Town (3)	Klein Karoo
6. Convention centre	1	Cape Town
7. Conservation
a) Nature reserve complexes (nature reserve and residential)	3		Garden Route
			Overberg
			Breede River Valley
b) Conservation and tourist accommodation	2		West Coast
			Overberg
c) Conservation and recreation	2		West Coast
			Overberg
8. Tourist attraction
(a) Themed attraction	1	Blaauwberg
(b) Cultural or e/heritage attraction	5	Cape Town (2)	Winelands
		Tygerberg	Overberg
9. Casino	2	Tygerberg	Overberg
10. Resort	3	South Peninsula	West Coast
			Breede River Valley
11. Waterfront development	1		West Coast
Source: Wesgro, MIDO database.

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