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Good evening Fifi, and thank you so much. I’m really greatly honoured to be invited. The results that were released today by Stats SA in a 65-page document have been received very positively by the industry and at a high level. One hasn’t really studied it in depth, but at a high level what is really reported is that there continues to be an upward trajectory in terms of accommodation income and increased occupancy, particularly in the hotel and even in the bed-and-breakfast sector.
Absolutely, Fifi. The news that was announced today was received as a ‘Glory Halleluiah’ moment for us. We’ve been asking for a long time to see an easing of travel. It just makes it so much easier for especially international guests who we are wanting to see come back in a fuller return, to not have to worry about the vaccination certificate and easing of travel by not having to have the Covid restrictions.