Aviation industry key to supporting tourism sector

Aviation plays a central role in supporting the tourism sector, with over 54% of international tourists now travelling by air, KwaZulu-Natal economic development, tourism and environmental MEC Sihle Zikalala said at the Airlines Association of Southern Africa’s forty-seventh annual general assembly on Friday. Tourism, he noted, was particularly important in many developing countries, where it played a key role in economic development strategies and in creating jobs.