South African Tourism Under Threat With New COVID-19 Variant

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 29: Passengers wait in an otherwise empty terminal to check-in for KLM flight KL597 from Cape Town to Amsterdam, the only overnight international flight leaving the country's second busiest airport after other flights were cancelled on November 29, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. The South African government says the country, which just recently re-opened to international tourism, is bearing the brunt of publicly announcing the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, as other countries placed it on the red list. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)