Donovan Noyle News Today

The hospitality industry in Nelson Mandela Bay is smiling all the way to the bank after a bumper festive season boosted by an influx of international visitors for the first time in nearly three years.

More than a decade ago, most patrons who frequented the popular beachfront restaurant Tapas were in their youth with many stories to tell.

If you remember chugging jugs of sangria, dancing on tables to “sweep my yard” and watching the sunrise on the beach thereafter, chances are you spent a lot of the 90s and early 2000s at the then Brookes Pavilion.