With no tourists or boats coming in, Hout Bay’s famous wharf is unable to stay afloat.
Usually serving hundreds of tourists a day, peaking to thousands during the busy holiday season, Mariner’s Wharf is a major attraction to the harbour town. Now, no one is allowed to come to frequent its curio stores, bars, bistros or its famous restaurant, the Wharfside Grill.
“We decided to draw a line to halt further expenditure and to mothball Mariner’s Wharf until our economy and international tourism recovers. Effective from this month, we will be retrenching employees, the exceptions being elements of essential services such as in our security and maintenance departments.” The statement added that the company intends to guarantee affected staff full retrenchment packages.
Although Dorman hopes that a quick global recovery might mean he can start operations in the future, the prognosis is not good. This is the holiday season for Western travellers and people from China and Japan, who can spend money because of their strong currencies. So, even if international travel returns this year, they will only be returning in a year’s time.
Cape Town Tourism’s head, Enver Duminy, says: “The decision to close its business operations indefinitely is not a surprise to us in the tourism industry. We see many tourism businesses coming to a standstill and fighting for survival due to the extensive travel bans imposed by the government as a measure to stop the spread of Covid-19.”
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