the richtersveld cultural and botanical landscape - SAHRA

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site Nomination 135
Monthly visitation to the Richtersveld Community Conservancy
Month Overnight Visitors Vehicles (passing
through)
October, 2004 22 19
November, 2004 48 12
December, 2004 32 23
January, 2005 16 9
February, 2005 0 15
March, 2005 13 28
April, 2005 34 47
May, 2005 32 45
June, 2005 38 96
July, 2005 62 95
August, 2005 69 117
5.i. Policies and programmes related to the presentation and promotion of the
property
Above all, the South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA) is tasked with
ensuring protection and publicity of South Africa’s heritage. However, there are
several campaigns specific to the Northern Cape, the Richtersveld Community
Conservancy and the Greater !Gariep Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA).
The Northern Cape is the driest and most remote province in South Africa. As a
result tourism is not as large a sector as in other parts of the country. However,
there are numerous tourism drawcards for the region and several ‘flagship’
locations, including the Richtersveld. The Province’s mantras “Follow the sun, not
the crowds”, “The land of contrasts where less is more” and “A land of sunny days
and starry nights” hone in on the tourism appeal of wide open spaces and big skies.
The province also has substantial information pamphlets, maps, tourism and
accommodation information available throughout the province which highlight the
natural attributes such as geological and botanical aspects, and cultural attributes,
such as rock art and Nama and San culture.