With the shaky economy and political tensions that are currently rocking our country, it is easy to over look the good things that do happen, particularly here in Cape Town. This holiday saw a big boost in international visitors, and our beautiful Cape Point has greatly benefited from this.

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During peak season, Cape Point experienced a 7.2% increase in the number of visitors. Not only that, the Flying Dutchman Funicular, which takes visitors from the lower station at the Cape Point parking lot to the upper lighthouse and view points, saw visitor numbers increase by 15.45%.

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This increase is partly due to the increase of international visitors to our shores, but a big, more important reason for this is an increase in locals visitors going to explore our many attractions. This makes us here at Cape Town ETC very happy.

We are lucky enough to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, filled with great places like Cape Point, and we should take advantage of it. Not only for our own amusement, although that is a bonus, but also to benefit our city. Supporting our parks and businesses is a great way to ensure our city grows from strength to strength.

For more precise information on the success Cape Point experienced over the holiday season, check out this infographic:

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  • Igsaan Sirkhotte
    Igsaan Sirkhotte
    January 21, 2016 at 9:42 am

    Well at R24 to the GBP and R17 to the USD this is a cheap place to have a holiday

  • Mara Zanin
    Mara Zanin
    January 21, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Which makes Capetonians lives more difficult as all the restaurants put up their prices, food prices soar.

  • Cape Town Etc
    Cape Town Etc
    January 21, 2016 at 10:13 am

    Don’t think anywhere is cheap, but compared to the international options it’s definitely better to holiday domestically.

  • Reagan Smith
    Reagan Smith
    January 21, 2016 at 10:16 am

    Well, it costs my family of four over R400 to gain access to cape point…… So its obviously just a place for tourists to visit.

  • Igsaan Sirkhotte
    Igsaan Sirkhotte
    January 21, 2016 at 10:37 am

    If you earn GBP and USD or EUR this is cheap

  • Ivor Bussio
    Ivor Bussio
    January 21, 2016 at 11:00 am

    Yers. You can see them being blown back to Fish Hoek. Nogal funny hearing kak man in Cantonese.

  • Veronica Karstel
    Veronica Karstel
    January 21, 2016 at 11:29 am

    only civilized city in SA

  • Chris Molyneux
    Chris Molyneux
    January 21, 2016 at 12:36 pm

    i suppose Gauteng qualifies as ‘international’

  • Marion Smith
    Marion Smith
    January 21, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    Cape Town Etc rubbish, it’s cheaper for a CT family to go to Thailand and have 2 weeks in a decent hotel on the beach than the same 2 weeks in Durban or vice versa. SA is a rip off for us locals and we can’t afford to holiday here. Don’t even mention the expensive national parks and the outrageous private game reserves.

  • Marion Smith
    Marion Smith
    January 21, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    too expensive for locals.

  • Michael Ohlsson
    Michael Ohlsson
    January 21, 2016 at 2:34 pm

    Reagan u must get a green card. It costs R105.00 and u get 12 visits. So your family of 4 could go there 3 times a year and it will only cost R105.00.

  • Karen Cross
    Karen Cross
    January 21, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    Cheap compared to Kenya or Tanzania.

  • Gail Tarr Longano
    Gail Tarr Longano
    January 21, 2016 at 3:29 pm

    That could be another spot where the “Zuma must fall” banner could be suspended …..

  • Huipie Biermann
    Huipie Biermann
    January 21, 2016 at 6:23 pm

    oe! dis mooi

  • Trish Winter
    Trish Winter
    January 21, 2016 at 7:17 pm

    Was always one of my favourite places to spend a day when I still lived in Cape Town. Pure unspoilt beauty with a rich historical interest in the form of visible shipwrecks. Tokai Forest and the library in the Gardens area as well as the cemetary at Simonstown also were well worth a visit anytime.

  • Annelene Crafford
    Annelene Crafford
    January 21, 2016 at 8:11 pm

    One of the most beautiful places, proudly Capetonian!

  • Melissa Brathwaite
    Melissa Brathwaite
    January 21, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Just returned home to Oz after 4 weeks in Cape Town! Fav place in the world to holiday, great for Aussie dollar conversion and yes expensive for people earning the rand!

  • Alex Keith Smith
    Alex Keith Smith
    January 21, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    I come up with alotta great ideas and then ppl just tend to follow me…

  • Cheryl Stuart
    Cheryl Stuart
    January 21, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    And they only have 3 ticket sellers to get in. They must wake up. Same as Boulders.

  • Hilary Harper
    Hilary Harper
    January 21, 2016 at 10:24 pm

    And I know two of them, don’t I, Sally Walters and John Walters.

  • Glen Knox
    Glen Knox
    January 22, 2016 at 5:47 am

    At the prices they charge I’m supprised

  • Lorraine Coleshaw
    Lorraine Coleshaw
    January 22, 2016 at 6:54 am

    South Africans get yourself and your SA ID to the office and buy a card for R125 giving you 12 entries. CHEAP CHEAP so no more moans from SA locals!!!!!

  • Zelia Oleastro
    Zelia Oleastro
    January 22, 2016 at 7:29 am

    Beautiful photo, remember the sandy beach in the left … Monica Oleastro Gabriel Oleastro U0001f499

  • Brian Cox
    Brian Cox
    January 22, 2016 at 9:19 am

    Until they realise the extortionist cost, then they never return, and they spread the word. Such a short-sighted approach to rip off customers!

  • Brian Cox
    Brian Cox
    January 22, 2016 at 9:20 am

    Exactly! And that’s just the entry fee. There’s still petrol for whatever distance you need to drive, for me it’s around 90km one way!

  • Elaine Ridgway
    Elaine Ridgway
    January 22, 2016 at 11:52 am

    Also tired of all the moaning! People will go to a restaurant and spend money eating a meal that lasts for 30 minutes but moan about spending R400 to go to a amazing place which children can learn so much from! Surely Cape Point is a place that one would only visit once a year!

  • Shahieda Sasman
    Shahieda Sasman
    January 22, 2016 at 6:28 pm

    This cape point is dam expensive its 110 kilometre if start in city. It ridiculous to pay som much to experience a good look out onto nature . Ag dont talk about that refreshment shop another rip off.

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