Domestic tourism prospects have received a significant boost through a joint partnership between government and business.
THE leisure and hospitality sector, in the south of Johannesburg, is gearing up for a bumper summer season.
Improved prospects follows the reopening of the Vaal River for business following months of closure due to an invasion of aquatic weed.
In October last year, an invasive aquatic weed called water lettuce (pistia stratiotes) invaded the Vaal River, and within a matter of months it had covered 398 hectares of this stretch of tourism rich stretch of river.
The consequences of this were devastating as the water lettuce crippled tourism. Several land and boat operators closed as activity simply dried up for most Vaal River businesses since the river became no longer navigable.
