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The Eastern Cape's tourism sector is pitching to align its Big Five game reserves with the popular Cape Town and Garden Route international tourist destinations. The Eastern Cape, still the poorest part of South Africa, has experienced massive growth in the tourism sector. Tourism MEC Enoch Godongwana announced last week that the sector netted the province a staggering R4-billion last year, ascribing the success to the government and the Eastern Cape Tourism's marketing drive abroad. The success can also be linked to positive contributions from the private sector, and the department of health's effort to keep the province a malariaand bilharzia-free zone.Tourism operators say tourism infrastructure in the Eastern Cape has grown to take advantage of the province's newfound status as a "happening"international destination.Emergence of world-class game reserves. One critical area of change has been the rapid amalgamation of stock farms into massive game-viewing reserves or hunting and game-producing farms.

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