Whale Coast welcomes back visitors

Writer: Hedda Mittner.

I always love coming to the Overstrand, because this is a community that stands together – and nothing can defeat unity of effort and purpose.” Those were the words of Masizole Mnqasela, Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, when he joined local roleplayers in the tourism and hospitality industries at the Old Harbour in Hermanus on Friday afternoon to announce that #HermanusIsOpen.

Members of the public enthusiastically joined in and many curious onlookers watched from Gearing’s Point and the Cliff Path as a giant banner, stitched together from old restaurant table cloths and hotel bed linen, was unfolded and laid out on the Old Harbour slipway. The message on this ‘hospitality flag’, #HermanusIsOpen, could be seen from far away and was symbolic of the town’s commitment to opening up tourism and welcoming back visitors.

The hospitality banner proclaiming #HermanusIsOpen was rolled out at the Old Harbour on Friday to let the rest of South Africa know that the Cape Whale Coast is ready to welcome back visitors.

PHOTOS: Taylum Meyer

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