eThekwini Mayor invites tourists to visit city
eThekwini
Mayor Cyril Xaba has invited tourists and locals to rediscover the magic of
Durban during the festive season.
The City anticipates hosting about 1.3 million visitors that are expected to make a direct spend of over R2.5 billion.
Xaba led the eThekwini festive season launch at the Durban beachfront promenade ton Wednesday.
He says they are trusting law enforcement authorities to combat crime and maintain visibility, particularly at popular spots and other crowd-pulling facilities.
The mayor says over 500 new metro officers, a fleet of vehicles and the CCTV surveillance system have been released to maximise the capacity of the metro police.
"To control traffic on the beach, certain roads leading to the beachfront will be access controlled. Our law enforcement officers will clamp down on drinking and driving as well as reckless behaviour on our roads. Law enforcement operations, including multidisciplinary roadblocks will be conducted throughout the city to combat all forms of criminality."
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Tents will also be erected along the beach front to shelter tagged children who get separated from their parents.
The City says it will recruit about 500 seasonal workers to be deployed in various tourist destinations.
"These include 135 litter pickers, 104 beach guides who will be stationed across the various City beaches to help visitors. An additional 105 pool attendants will be deployed in various swimming pools to ensure the safety of bathers."
Xaba says they will continue to monitor and have weekly beach water quality tests.
"We have been testing water every second week, we thought this time around we must increase the regularity of test our water. As we speak, I was told that the number of beaches that were open 21 out of 23 are open for swimming [and] ready to receive our visitors."
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