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The South Coast Chamber of Commerce and Industry(SCCCI) has had to learn to roll with the punches brought on by persistent drought that dealt deciding blows on the agriculture and tourism sectors, the Province’s mainstay revenue generators.
The Chamber’s president Vijay Naidoo said that both the South Coast district and its local economies relied heavily on agriculture and tourism, with gains being slowly being clawed back by major infrastructural developments.
“The past few years have been challenging for our region-particularly as the challenges faced affected the two sectors and therefore the greater local economy. The drought caused a major contraction in the agriculture sector and perversely at the same time the major interruptions in our potable water supply at the height of the holiday season had a drastic impact on the tourism sector,” he said.
