The Lookout Hill Tourism Centre in Khayelitsha. Parliament’s tourism committee highlights the challenges facing Khayelitsha’s Lookout Hill. Parliament’s tourism watchdog has sharply criticised Cape Town’s Lookout Hill Tourism Centre, labelling it a “white elephant” and igniting a strong response from the Khayelitsha Development Forum.
The assessment follows the Portfolio Committee on Tourism’s completion of a three-day oversight visit programme on Friday in the Western Cape, where they described the centre as “Khayelitsha’s former beacon of hope. The committee discovered that the centre lost its tourist attraction since 2010, although its potential regarding location in the historically attractive False Bay area of the City of Cape Town remains intact. Khayelitsha Lookout HilTourists at the Lookout Hill in Khayelitsha in 2019.
Tourists at the Lookout Hill in Khayelitsha in 2019. Image:Phando Jikelo/Independent Newspapers/Archives The centre is strategically located in the middle of the Spine Road that connects Khayelitsha with potential tourists that enter the City through N1, N2 national roads and Cape Town International Airport. The committee’s chairperson, Ronaldo Nalumango, said the centre is a white elephant which has lost its glory.
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