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<\/a><\/p>\n“With Limpopo and Mpumalanga widely regarded to be the provinces with the most locally and internationally sought-after game viewing opportunities, these potential business failures could have a dramatic long-term impact on South Africa\u2019s tourism economy, with noteworthy short-term economic difficulty already being be visible in these results,” the group said.<\/p>\n
Comparatively 82.6% of respondents reported that their businesses were stable before Covid-19, of which 49.8% indicated steady revenues compared to the previous year and 32.8% indicated that their businesses were thriving.<\/p>\n
Pay cuts<\/strong><\/p>\n Given the dramatic effect Covid-19 has had on revenues, owners were also asked whether they\u2019ve had to implement any salary reductions or retrenchments as a direct result of the pandemic.<\/p>\n 78.1% of travel accommodation businesses report instituting some form of temporary salary reductions as a direct result of Covid-19, of which 24.7% reported significant temporary salary reductions and 31.8% reported their entire workforce on temporary zero pay.<\/p>\n Only 21.9% of respondents reported that their workforce has been unaffected by the pandemic.<\/p>\n The results further show that at 77.6%, hotel representatives reported the highest number of significant salary reductions and at 70.1%, lodge representatives\u2019 reports come in at a close second.<\/p>\n With self-catering representatives reporting the lowest number of businesses implementing significant salary reductions (54.6%), this data shows that the majority of travel accommodation businesses nationwide has had to significantly reduce payroll costs.<\/p>\n Retrenchments<\/strong><\/p>\n In contrast with 56.5% of respondents that have implemented significant temporary salary reductions, 62% of respondents said that they have not permanently retrenched any staff as a direct result of Covid-19.<\/p>\n Despite permanent retrenchments being indicated in minority, 20.7% of businesses say they have had to permanently retrench some staff as a direct result of Covid-19, while 9.3% have had to make significant retrenchments and 8% have entirely retrenched their workforce.<\/p>\n KwaZulu-Natal respondents reported the largest number of significant retrenchments at 24.3%, demonstrating a significantly high overall number on provincial level, with the far less densely populated Northern Cape reporting 17.9% significant retrenchments.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n