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Thriving leather and wool area aims to attract tourists to Cacadu district

27/10/2006

The Cacadu District Municipality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, has set aside R3 million ($398,000) to start a tourism company aimed at promoting the municipality as one of the ultimate tourist destinations in the country.

Cacadu, the largest district in the province, comprises nine local municipalities which stretch over an area of approximately 60,000 sq. km.

Municipal manager Ted Pillay said the municipality wished to increase the number of tourists visiting the district; boost the agricultural sector's contribution by 1% each year and grow the district's economy by 3% by 2009 and 5% thereafter. He also called upon businesses to invest in the district as it holds many potential business opportunities.
He said one of the sectors with a potential to expedite growth was agriculture.

"We already have a strong existing agricultural base from which to work as we produce mohair, making it the number one producer of mohair [wool] in the world.” In terms of the manufacturing sector, the district's leather industry centred around Port Elizabeth has a distinguished history with regard to the automotive sector.


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