Durban Tourism hopes water shortages won't impact sector
Durban Tourism says it will be working closely with officials to minimise the impact of the city's water shortages on tourism.
eThekwini Municipality is going to start rationing water from Monday.
It says repair work is due to start on two flood-damaged pipes that carry raw water to the Durban Heights Water Treatment Works.
The city says the rationing is expected to last for ten months up to a year.
Durban Tourism's Mpumzi Zuzile says the floods have affected tourism in a huge way, but they are working closely with the municipality.
READ: Water rationing in eThekwini from Monday
"They are carrying water to a number of tourism facilities that make requests to the municipality.
"We understand that will have an effect on tourism, but working with the local municipality, the tourism industry, the local municipality and provincial government and national government, we are going to try by all means that tourism is not severely affected by the water shortages."
Meanwhile, beaches in Durban remain closed to swimming because of high e.coli levels.
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