South Africa: Hopes High for Tourism to Create 225 000 Jobs By 2020

1 March 2011

Cape Town — The Department of Tourism hopes it will create 225 000 jobs by the year 2020.

The department's Director General, Lucas Mahlasela Makhubela, said the tourism sector was geared to contribute R118 billion directly to the Gross Domestic Product by 2015 and R188 billion by 2020.

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