{"id":78,"date":"2013-09-23T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cn7w3i4565-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=78"},"modified":"2017-06-27T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T15:24:46","slug":"workin-in-sa-6-of-the-most-beautiful-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/workin-in-sa-6-of-the-most-beautiful-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Working in Tourism: 6 of The Most Beautiful Beaches in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">September is <em>Tourism Month<\/em> in South Africa! A staggering\u00a0<strong><em>one in every eleven jobs<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>advertised in SA is sustained by this thriving industry. Furthermore our data reveals that Tourism creates more jobs than other top hiring sectors such as mining, creating jobs all throughout the country. With many beautiful natural reserves, a great history and amazing infrastructure,\u00a0<\/span>South Africa is\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">a leading destination for tourism globally. To celebrate the industry, in this series\u00a0we want to showcase the most beautiful places to work across the country, so scroll down and choose your favourite!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tourists come to South Africa for many reasons, so we&#8217;ve separated this series into three different parts.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Most beautiful beaches<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Working in Tourism: 6 Beautiful South African National Parks you could be working in\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/2013\/09\/25\/working-in-south-africa-6-beautiful-national-parks-you-can-find-a-job-in\/\">Most amazing natural reserves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/2013\/10\/25\/where-are-all-the-tourism-jobs-in-south-africa\/\">Top cities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Some stats<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A total of\u00a0<strong>9,881,368<\/strong> international tourists visited the country in 2012, representing an increase of 10% from the previous year and of 80% in the last 10 years.<\/li>\n<li>Tourist growth is <strong>twice the global average,<\/strong> with SA catching up to other popular destinations.<\/li>\n<li>Three quarters of tourists in the country were South Africans.<\/li>\n<li>The largest influx of tourists comes from other African nations (top 3: Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique), followed by Europe (UK, Germany and the Netherlands).<\/li>\n<li>While there are more visitors from the USA than from China (30k vs 10k), the Asian nation&#8217;s visits are growing at the astonishing rate of <strong>10% per month<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Workin&#8217; in SA: The Most Beautiful Beaches<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\"><b>1. Camps Bay Beach<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Camps Bay is one of the wealthier suburbs of Cape Town, and its namesake beach is the largest white sand beach in the area. Deemed a &#8220;Blue Flag&#8221; beach by the EFF, it is certainly one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Cape Town is in the top 10 beach cities in the world (according to Lonely Island), and Camps Bay Beach is certainly the crown jewel, attracting many thousands of tourists every year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Cape Town, Western Cape<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 2773<br \/>\n<strong># of Jobs (Cape Town):<\/strong> 189<br \/>\n<strong>Hotels and B&amp;Bs<\/strong>: 57<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search <\/strong>on Adzuna for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/cape-town\">jobs in Cape Town<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Camps bay beach by tboothhk, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tombooth\/405521453\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/169\/405521453_0a31a3b5f7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Camps bay beach\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wouldn&#8217;t mind going down to put my feet in that sand after work&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Camps Bay by warrenski, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/warrenski\/3853533268\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3647\/3853533268_0b0879585f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Camps Bay\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view showing the beauty of the location.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>2. Umhlanga Rocks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A resort town north of Durban, Umhlanga is home to many historic hotels and resorts, such as The Oyster Box, built in 1836. The Prince of Monaco spent his honeymoon in their \u00a34600\/night suite, so be prepared for some royal visits to this beautiful town which has its share of hotels, restaurants and nature tours outside of the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: KwaZulu-Natal<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 24,238<br \/>\n<strong># of Jobs (Cape Town)<\/strong>: 158<br \/>\n<strong>Hotels and B&amp;Bs<\/strong>: 62<br \/>\n<strong>Restaurants<\/strong>: 43<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search<\/strong> on Adzuna for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/kwazulu-natal\">jobs in\u00a0KwaZulu-Natal<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1;\" href=\"http:\/\/media-cdn.tripadvisor.com\/media\/photo-s\/04\/7d\/78\/28\/awesome-view-at-the-oyster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cdn.tripadvisor.com\/media\/photo-s\/04\/7d\/78\/28\/awesome-view-at-the-oyster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the iconic lighthouse by The Oyster Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Umhlanga Rocks by europeo, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/europ\/4687224601\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4004\/4687224601_8659615739_z.jpg\" alt=\"Umhlanga Rocks\" width=\"576\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It can get foggy sometimes&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">3. Hobie Beach\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most popular beach in Port Elizabeth, this beach is not without its wordly temptations, with a Boardwalk Casino and shopping mall located right across the road. A sailing spot, it hosts the World Boardsailing and Beach Volleyball Championships, as well as the &#8220;Splash Festival&#8221;, which ensure that this city will not be missing its share of tourists visiting every year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 312,392<br \/>\n<strong># of Jobs<\/strong>: 575<br \/>\n<strong>Hotels and B&amp;Bs:<\/strong> 209<br \/>\n<strong>Restaurants<\/strong>: 103<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search <\/strong>on Adzuna for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/port-elizabeth\">jobs in Port Elizabeth<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth - South africa by South African Tourism, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/south-african-tourism\/2417710541\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3114\/2417710541_acfdbb7865_z.jpg\" alt=\"Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth - South africa\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A popular spot for sailing, Hobie Beach gets colourful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Hobie Beach by Mervyn Hector, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mooi_kiekies\/2548263669\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3028\/2548263669_9246421ce3_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"Hobie Beach\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clean water and sun&#8230; need anything else? (a job)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">4. Plettenberg Bay<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This bay, originally named &#8220;Beautiful Bay&#8221; by the Portuguese, was first inhabited by humans over 100,000 years ago. Situated on the Garden Route, about 600km from Cape Town and 210km from Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Garden Route, Western Cape<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 6,475<br \/>\n<strong># of Jobs:<\/strong> 15<br \/>\n<strong>Hotels and B&amp;Bs:<\/strong> 72<br \/>\n<strong>Restaurants<\/strong>: 45<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search <\/strong>on Adzuna for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/plettenberg-bay\">jobs\u00a0in Plettenberg Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" title=\"Enter sun, stage right by Kyknoord, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kyknoord\/3972331372\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3471\/3972331372_6d20e76b40_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"Enter sun, stage right\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the beautiful Garden Route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">5. Jeffrey&#8217;s Bay<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once a small fisherman&#8217;s village, this sleepy town has gained popularity with surfers and now stands as an iconic beach for surfing, having been featured in cult film &#8220;The Endless Summer&#8221;. Pay special attention to the events and festivals organised here, especially the Billabong Pro ASP World Tour in July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Kouga, Eastern Cape<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 27,511<br \/>\n<strong>Hotels and B&amp;Bs<\/strong>: 40<br \/>\n<strong>Restaurants:<\/strong> 26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search\u00a0<\/strong>on Adzuna for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/kouga\">jobs\u00a0in Jeffrey&#8217;s Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Sunrise over Surfer's Point, J Bay by ReeSaunders, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58996719@N07\/7294753400\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7086\/7294753400_3dc04031c5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise over Surfer's Point, J Bay\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise over Surfer&#8217;s Point, Jeffrey&#8217;s Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Sunny Garcia's Power House Cutback in J-Bay by ReeSaunders, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58996719@N07\/7294754426\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7074\/7294754426_46920b0cf5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sunny Garcia's Power House Cutback in J-Bay\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASP World Champion Sunny Garcia (2000) riding the waves in J-Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">6. Durban<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The largest municipality on the east coast of the African continent, it is warm all year round and has many beautiful beaches right off the city&#8217;s boardwalk. A vibrant metropolis, Durban is one of South Africa&#8217;s main tourist destinations, especially for those who want to jump into the water and relax by the sea. A city like this will always have opportunities and jobs driven by the many tourists that visit each year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape<br \/>\n<strong>Population<\/strong>: 595,061<br \/>\n<strong># of Jobs:<\/strong> 2,274<br \/>\n<strong>Hotels and B&amp;Bs<\/strong>: 267<br \/>\n<strong>Restaurants:<\/strong> 192<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search <\/strong>on Adzuna for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/durban\">jobs in Durban<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" title=\"Durban beach front by VSmithUK, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vsmithuk\/2811688201\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3201\/2811688201_829cb5cecc_z.jpg\" alt=\"Durban beach front\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful during the day&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Durban beach front at night by VSmithUK, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vsmithuk\/2812651540\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3209\/2812651540_383d800dcf_z.jpg\" alt=\"Durban beach front at night\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;and beautiful at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Well that&#8217;s all folks did you like this post? Tell us about it on Facebook, tweet it or share it on LinkedIn! If it is snazzy offices you are after check out some of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/2013\/08\/15\/south-africas-craziest-work-space\/\">Africa&#8217;s Craziest Work Spaces<\/a>. For some extra information on the jobs market stay tuned for some j<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/2013\/06\/14\/where-are-all-the-south-african-jobs\/\">ob market insights.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?s=100&amp;p[url]=https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/2013\/09\/23\/workin-in-sa-6-of-the-most-beautiful-beaches\/&amp;p[images][0]=http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/169\/405521453_0a31a3b5f7_z.jpg&amp;p[title]=Working%20in%20South%20Africa:%206%20of%20The%20Most%20Beautiful%20Beaches&amp;p[summary]=September%20is%20Tourism%20Month%20in%20South%20Africa!%20A%20staggering%20one%20in%20every%2011%20jobs%20advertised%20in%20SA%20is%20sustained%20by%20this%20thriving%20industry.%20To%20celebrate%20the%20industry,%20in%20this%20series%20we%20want%20to%20showcase%20the%20most%20beautiful%20places%20to%20work%20across%20the%20country,%20so%20scroll%20down%20and%20choose%20your%20favourite!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Please%20RT.%20Working%20in%20SA%205%20of%20the%20most%20beautiful%20beaches%20by%20Adzuna%20http:\/\/goo.gl\/lwP3W6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/twitter.jpg\" alt=\"twitter\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/2013\/09\/23\/workin-in-sa-5-of-the-most-beautiful-beaches&amp;title=Working%20in%20SA%3A%20Beautiful%20Beaches&amp;summary=Most%20Beautiful%20Beaches%20to%20Work%20in%20SA&amp;source=LinkedIn \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/linkedin.jpg\" alt=\"linkedin\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September is Tourism Month in South Africa! A staggering\u00a0one in every eleven jobs\u00a0advertised in SA is sustained by this thriving industry. Furthermore our data reveals that Tourism creates more jobs than other top hiring sectors such as mining, creating jobs all throughout the country. With many beautiful natural reserves, a great history and amazing infrastructure,\u00a0South<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/workin-in-sa-6-of-the-most-beautiful-beaches\/\"> Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[21,26,27,25,24,30,28,17,15,18,20,23,22,19,29,16],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs","category-tourism","tag-be-a-chef","tag-chef-jobs","tag-hotel-jobs","tag-sailing-jobs","tag-surf-jobs","tag-tourism-industry","tag-tourism-sa","tag-working-by-the-beach","tag-working-in-camps-bay","tag-working-in-hobie-beach","tag-working-in-hotels","tag-working-in-jeffreys-bay","tag-working-in-plettenberg-bay","tag-working-in-port-elizabeth","tag-working-in-tourism","tag-working-in-umhlanga-rocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}