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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 39 of Level 1, 8 November 2021

 

Monday 8 November 2021, Day 39 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for surviving a Blue Monday morning, which came with an overwhelming amount of work, and tension, I having to bite my Sagittarian  tongue; for getting all the admin work I was behind on out of the way today; for a surprise visit by our Sandak Lewin Portfolio Manager Vanessa Sillifant with a contractor to check our waterproofing problems, for a quote, to better the R1 million one which we received earlier this year; for getting the Blueness out of the way with a midday walk through Bakoven; for a full afternoon of work, knowing that Loadshedding was waiting for us at 18h00, being at Stages 3/4 Continue reading →

ARD movie ‘Einfach Rosa – Wolken Ăźber Kapstadt’ shows picturesque Cape Town!

Einfach RoaYesterday evening ARD, the largest TV station in Germany and second largest broadcaster in the world, screened a movie ‘Einfach Rosa – Wolken Ăźber Kapstadt’ (‘Simply Rosa – clouds over Cape Town’), a most beautiful representation of Cape Town, and comes at a most welcome time to attract German tourists to our beautiful city and neighboring towns. It was filmed in Cape Town earlier this year.

The storyline briefly is that Mark and Nandi from Berlin fly to Cape Town to get married, with only four days to plan the wedding, with Continue reading →

German fashion reality TV show puts Cape Town onto the catwalk!

A production team from VOX TV, a private TV channel in Germany with a viewership of 35 million, is in Cape Town to shoot ‘Das Perfekte Model’ (The Perfect Model), a reality model casting show, reports Hotel & Restaurant. As various locations in the city are to be used for the filming, Cape Town should see an even bigger influx of German tourists this summer.

Top international German model Eva Padberg is the mentor and celebrity judge for the series, and is in Cape Town with the model candidates until Monday.  The show is seen to be a head-on challenge to Heidi Klum’s ‘Germany’s Next Topmodel’. Cape Town is the only long-haul city featured in the model casting show series, and was organised by SA Tourism’s Germany office, partnering with SAA and the Pepper Club Hotel.

Theresa Bay-MĂźller, SA Tourism Germany Country Manager, said that “South Africa is known for providing the perfect backdrop for photo shoots and filmmaking.  We are proud to be able to host Eva Padberg and her VOX TV crew … and are confident this partnership will further entrench South Africa’s natural beauty and unique lifestyle to the German public”.  She added that not only would the show position South Africa as the fashion capital of Africa, but would also expose Cape Town’s ‘unique leisure, culinary and adventure offerings that complement the Cape Town lifestyle experience’. Bay-MĂźller said that SA Tourism had used adventure, outdoor, culinary and wine as themes to market South Africa to the German outbound market. “It is the variety, depth and unique combinations of experiences available in South Africa that makes it an ideal destination for Germans, and what a better place to show all of this than in Cape Town, especially following some great lifestyle and tourism accolades for the city”, she concluded.

In addition to the filming, the models will be shown around the city and will be taken to an ostrich farm. They will also receive acting, runway, and casting training in Cape Town, and will feature in fashion shoots, with Table Mountain and the V&A Waterfront as backdrop.

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter@WhaleCottage

UK market remains bleak for tourism to Cape Town!

At World Travel Market, held in London last week, survey information was released that has severe repercussions for the local tourism industry, in demonstrating how cash-strapped the UK market remains, and how few British are planning to travel.  The UK is the largest source market for tourism to our country, if one disregards cross-border visitors from Africa.

A World Travel Market survey found that a holiday no longer is a necessity for the British, 38 % not having taken a holiday this year, and 59 % have only taken one holiday this year, reports Southern African Tourism Update. It is the cost of taxes (the UK Air Passenger Duty) which is a substantial deterrent to overseas travel, and further rises in the Duty are anticipated, the report says.  Fiona Jeffery, Chairman of World Travel Market, said that British consumers used to travel regularly, locally and overseas, every year.  “The global financial downturn has meant UK consumers have had to justify every penny they spend.  This has had a real impact on the travel industry. However, many now have reduced their number of holidays or stopped going on holiday at all”, she said.

Even more disconcerting is the result of another World Travel market survey conducted amongst British residents that had already been on a holiday this year.  Almost half said they had no interest in travelling to South Africa, while 42 %  were reasonably interested, reports Southern African Tourism Update. Comparing interests in South Africa as a holiday destination relative to the other BRICS countries, our country’s tourism communication has not been seen by 70 % of the respondents polled in the UK.   South Africa ranked third of the BRICS countries to visit ‘if money was no object‘, Brazil and China having a higher tourist interest.  A threat to BRICS tourism could be the SLIMMA nations, the survey found, consisting of Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mexico and Argentina, with investment in infrastructure, natural beauty and high disposable income.

The UK market has represented as much as 40 – 50 % of Cape Town tourism business, and it will be sorely missed this summer.  While more Germans are travelling this season, their increase is not making up the UK tourist loss.

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter: @WhaleCottage