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Tuesday, 29 October 2013] 4859(ii) Infrastructure investment in tourism has fallen over the five yearslargely from a slowdown in the local economy, although in 2012significant improvement as the economy started picking up.Significant future investments are required to continue growing thesector.4.3 Financial performance 2013/144.3.1 Quarterly spending trendsThe quarterly spending trends for the Department in the first andsecond term of the current 2013/14 per programme are as follows:Programme 1: Administration – at the end of the first quarter of 2013,this programme had spent R41.2 million which is 20 per cent of theallocated budget. The majority of the budget was spent oncompensation of employees for improved conditions of service and ongoods and services.Programme 2: Policy and Knowledge Services – at the end of thefirst quarter of 2013, this programme had spent R8.6 million which is20.3 per cent of the allocated budget. The bulk of the budget was spenton compensation of employees for improved conditions of service. TheDepartment did not make any transfers towards higher educationinstitution resulting in 0 percent spending for that transfer.Programme 3: International Tourism – at the end of the first quarterof 2013, this programme had spent R7.6 million that is 17.3 per cent ofthe allocated budget. The majority of the budget was spent oncompensation of employees for improved conditions of service. Afurther R1.8 million was recorded as a transfer to the United NationsWorld Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) for membership fees. Thisrepresents 33.3 per cent of the budget for foreign governments andinternational organisations.Programme 4: Domestic Tourism – at the end of the first quarter of2013, this programme had spent R14.7 million that is 19.7 per cent ofthe allocated budget. The majority of the budget was spent oncompensation of employees for improved conditions of service. Thisprogramme also received transfers amounting to R70.4 million whichtranslates to 26.7 per cent of the total allocation for the EPWPprogramme by the end of the first quarter.The spending pattern for the first and second quarter of 2013/14 doesnot show much deviation from the expenditure pattern in 2012/13.ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013