National Tourism Sector Strategy (ntss) Presentation to Select Committee on Trade and International Relations 15 October 2014

Implementation – Structural Arrangement

• NTSS DELIVERY FORUM
• (Supported by NDT)

• Government Forum (Existing Fora extended to include other entities)

• Business Forum (convened by TBCSA)

• Communicators Forum

• Knowledge Groups

• NGO & CBO’s

OVERVIEW OF PERFORMANCE

• DIRECT CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMY (Source: Tourism Satellite Account by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA))
• Direct contribution of tourism to Gross Domestic Product ( GDP): Provisional: From R83,5 billion ( 2.8% of GDP) in 2011 to R93,3 billion (3% of GDP) in 2012
• Direct contribution to employment: From 591 785 ( 4.5% of total employment) in 2011 to 617 287 (4.6% of total employment) in 2012. This is a total of 63 297 new jobs from 2009.
• DIRECT AND INDIRECT CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMY : Source: World Travel and Tourism Council ( WTTC)
• Direct and indirect contribution to GDP: Estimates: R 290.3 billion in 2011 and R314.9 billion in 2012.
• Direct and indirect contribution to employment: Estimates: 1 290 800 in 2011 to 1 378 600 in 2012.
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