Question NW1287 to the Minister of Tourism
20 April 2022 - NW1287
Winkler, Ms HS to ask the Minister of Tourism
Whether she has engaged with the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr N C Dlamini-Zuma, on the infrastructure collapse at local government level in relation to how it is negatively impacting on tourism; if not, why not; if so, (a) on what date and (b) what are the further relevant details?
Reply:
The Minister has not met with the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) regarding the infrastructure matter. The Department of Tourism participates in the implementation of the District Development Model (DDM) wherein the Department of Cooperative Governance (COG) coordinates one district plan per district. All departments including those responsible for various types of infrastructure take part in the coordinated implementation of the DDM. The Department of Tourism believes that this approach will yield better results as infrastructure that is good for the community is good for the tourists and the tourism value chain will also benefit.
(a) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable