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Western Cape Province Budget Speech
The Western Cape's total GDP is the third-highest contribution to South Africa's total GDP. High-tech industries, international call centres, fashion design, advertising and TV production are niche industries rapidly gaining in importance. The province also has a substantially lower unemployment rate than the other provinces.The province has recently grown a massive tourism industry. The trends among the majority of international tourist arrivals visiting the Western Cape show that Cape Town, Garden Route and the Winelands are popular tourist destinations. Domestic tourism is also on the rise, as low-cost air carriers make travel more affordable to more South Africans.
The Western Cape budget speech reflects many features of the province in the budget speech downloadable below.