CRUISE LINE TOURISM STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

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• CRUISE LINE TOURISM STEERING COMMITTEE
  MEETING
• OUTCOMES OF THE WORKSHOP PROGRESS
• 24TH MARCH 2009

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JANUARY WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

• Set the context of the importance of Cruise
  Tourism and DEATs focus on the same level
• Gain consensus on the best way of taking Cruise
  Liner tourism forward
• Share findings of an initial feasibility study
  completed by the City of CT on the potential of
  the cruise liner industry around the Southern
  African coastline
• Achieve understanding of the challenges facing
  the industry
• Achieve agreement of the need to pursue Cruise
  Tourism as a national Tourism priority, supported
  by coastal province Tourism authorities
• Agree on roles and accountabilities of
  examination and mobilisation of the potential of
  Cruise Tourism.

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WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION

• 70 representatives
• Coastal Provinces (Local and Provincial
  Government),
• -KZN,
• - WESTERN CAPE,
• - EASTERN CAPE and
• - NORTHERN CAPE
• DEAT National Government and
• Private Sector (individuals and associations)

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OUTCOMES

• To proceed with Cruise Tourism as a priority
  development sub-sector for Tourisms growth and
  development in South Africa (and Southern Africa
• DEAT to be the national Champion of the
  initiative
• To establish a Steering committee, constituting
  of Coastal Provinces and Port Cities to propose
  1representative ( 1 alternate), (maximum 8)
• National Key Stakeholders related to Cruise
  Tourism infrastructure and accessibility ACSA,
  TRANSNET, Dept of Transport, SAT (maximum 6)
• Key Stakeholders from the Private sector,ie MSC
  (maximum 3)

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OUTCOMES

• To appointed a Chairperson
• Creation of a centralised DEAT Cruise Tourism
  database for internal and external viewing of
  collective knowledge (research, reports, studies,
  publications, etc) on Cruise Tourism, held by
  Coastal Provinces, Private sector, National
  government etc.
• On-going dialogue with Task Team to continuously
  update DEAT database
• To proceed with Cruise Tourism Economic Impact
  Study
• City of CT (Mr. Mansoor Mohamed) to cover 50 of
  the Study cost as they are acting as study
  custodians and had commissioned the previous
  Study

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PROGRESS

• Received nominations and requests for
  participation from coastal provinces and port
  cities
• Database folder forwarded to Communications unit
  for website upload
• - Presentations
• - Western Cape Study
• - Steering Committee
• - Workshop register
• Update of folder will be done as per incoming
  response from participants
• .

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• THANK YOU