Repositioning the Garden Route as a Technology Destination
The Garden Route has long been a quiet tourist destination, with little technology focussed business happening in the coastal towns of George, Knysna and Mosselbay.
The top industry sectors in the region has always been tourism and agriculture, with building and property development coming third. Recent economic changes has seen the building industry shrink, and the ongoing drought has made agriculture less sustainable. The economic profile of the region needs a change in order to sustain growth and employment.
Repositioning the region as a technology destination is not only a smart economic move, it is also the ideal move given all the region has going for itself already.
It has the infrastructure, the people, political will and the ability to make it happen.