{"id":265758,"date":"2025-11-18T11:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/?p=265758"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:06:17","slug":"g20-summit-set-to-energise-johannesburgs-tourism-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/builder\/g20-summit-set-to-energise-johannesburgs-tourism-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"G20 summit set to energise Johannesburg’s tourism scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As Johannesburg opens its doors to the world, thousands of delegates, support staff, business leaders, and media teams are flocking to the city for the highly anticipated G20 summit. This global event not only serves as a platform for international dialogue among governments but also promises to significantly boost local tourism, offering a much-needed economic boost to the bustling metropolis.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, for the long-term benefits of the summit to be felt, which could be through deals being struck, South Africa needs to continue resolving infrastructure bottlenecks to lead as a central logistics hub.<\/p>\n

Berry Everitt, CEO of the Chas Everitt International property group, said the talks can act as a \u201cpowerful showcase of the country\u2019s attractions\u201d.<\/p>\n

Everitt added that international tourism has extremely positive effects on the local property market.<\/p>\n

Statistics South Africa figures show that from January to September this year, the country welcomed more than 7.6 million international visitors.<\/p>\n

This represents an increase of more than 1.1 million compared to the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n

Government estimates indicate that, for every 12 arrivals, at least one direct and one indirect job is created.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis translates into more than 160 000 additional livelihoods supported across hospitality, transport, food production, arts and crafts \u2013 and real estate,\u201d said Everitt.<\/p>\n

Tourism contributes almost 9% to gross domestic product (GDP) and supports 1.68 million jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTourism and real estate have always been closely linked,\u201d Everitt said.<\/p>\n

Everitt noted that, \u201cwhen global attention turns to any destination, visitor numbers rise, confidence grows and <\/span>investment tends to follow<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, Dr Ernst van Biljon, head lecturer of Supply Chain Management at the IMM Graduate School, cautioned that South Africa \u201cmust confront its domestic bottlenecks head-on\u201d.<\/p>\n

Van Biljon said it was important for South Africa to remain competitive in terms of logistics and supply chain.<\/p>\n

The South African logistics and supply chain sector contributes around 11.8% to the country’s GDP.<\/p>\n

However, the <\/span>total economic impact<\/a>, including the cost of inefficiencies and related issues, is even higher.<\/p>\n

Although strides have been made to reform Transnet, \u201cfreight rail and port systems are operating at less than 50% efficiency in key corridors, eroding export competitiveness,\u201d said Van Biljon.<\/p>\n

This comes as the summit\u2019s agenda aligns closely with South Africa\u2019s economic imperatives \u2013 <\/span>infrastructure reform, industrial diversification and sustainable growth<\/a>, said Van Biljon.<\/p>\n

Energy, roads, and rails have been driving public-sector spending, which rose for a third consecutive year in 2024.<\/p>\n

Statistics South Africa said in a report on government infrastructure spending that this figure reached R276 billion in 2024 from R234 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an 18% increase and follows a five-year downturn, which started in 2016, IOL’s calculations show.<\/p>\n

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As Johannesburg opens its doors to the world, thousands of delegates, support staff, business leaders, and media teams are flocking to the city for the highly anticipated G20 summit. This global event not only serves as a platform for international dialogue among governments but also promises to significantly boost local tourism, offering a much-needed economic boost to the bustling metropolis.However, for the long-term benefits of the summit to be felt, which could be through deals being struck, South Africa needs to continue resolving infrastructure bottlenecks to lead as a central logistics hub.Berry Everitt, CEO of the Chas Everitt International property group, said the talks can act as a \u201cpowerful showcase of the country\u2019s attractions\u201d.Everitt added that international tourism has extremely positive effects on the local property market.Statistics South Africa figures show that from January to September this year, the country welcomed more than 7.6 million international visitors.This represents an increase of more than 1.1 million compared to the same period in 2024.Government estimates indicate that, for every 12 arrivals, at least one direct and one indirect job is created.\u201cThis translates into more than 160 000 additional livelihoods supported across hospitality, transport, food production, arts and crafts \u2013 and real estate,\u201d said Everitt.Tourism contributes almost 9% to gross domestic product (GDP) and supports 1.68 million jobs.\u201cTourism and real estate have always been closely linked,\u201d Everitt said.Everitt noted that, \u201cwhen global attention turns to any destination, visitor numbers rise, confidence grows and\u00a0investment tends to follow\u201d.However, Dr Ernst van Biljon, head lecturer of Supply Chain Management at the IMM Graduate School, cautioned that South Africa \u201cmust confront its domestic bottlenecks head-on\u201d.Van Biljon said it was important for South Africa to remain competitive in terms of logistics and supply chain.The South African logistics and supply chain sector contributes around 11.8% to the country’s GDP.However, the\u00a0total economic impact, including the cost of inefficiencies and related issues, is even higher.Although strides have been made to reform Transnet, \u201cfreight rail and port systems are operating at less than 50% efficiency in key corridors, eroding export competitiveness,\u201d said Van Biljon.This comes as the summit\u2019s agenda aligns closely with South Africa\u2019s economic imperatives \u2013\u00a0infrastructure reform, industrial diversification and sustainable growth, said Van Biljon.Energy, roads, and rails have been driving public-sector spending, which rose for a third consecutive year in 2024.Statistics South Africa said in a report on government infrastructure spending that this figure reached R276 billion in 2024 from R234 billion in 2023.That\u2019s an 18% increase and follows a five-year downturn, which started in 2016, IOL’s calculations show.BUSINESS REPORT<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-builder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265759,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265758\/revisions\/265759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}