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- The Government of South Africa has declared tourism as one of the six pillars for economic growth in line with the New Growth Path. Furthermore, local economic development in South Africa has galvanised widespread attention from government, non-governmental organisations, scholars, and practitioners. The national government acknowledges that South Africa’s local economic development is the strategic enabler for national economic and development objectives and in particular of South Africa's National Development Plan Vision 2030. In addition, South Africa’s local economic development is viewed as an important potential catalytic instrument to create the necessary broad partnerships and conditions for economic development that can generate better and higher quality service delivery, decent jobs, participation and empowerment of communities, women, youth, and vulnerable groups. This study focuses on local economic development with a specific focus in tourism development) within major tourism hubs of the former Transkei region. These hubs include Coffee Bay, Port’s St John’s and Mthatha situated in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Moreover, the study contends that prioritisation of sustainable tourism development using local economic development by the former Transkei region has a potential to unlock economic sectors for the communities of OR Tambo District Municipality. In this context, local government is considered to be at the forefront of advocating for pro-poor tourism and local economic development policies. Lastly, the study employs a Participatory Action Research in diagnosing some of the bottlenecks Eastern Cape’s tourism hubs are grappling with. In conclusion, the findings of the study underscore that there is a need for a Public-Private Partnership framework that would further enable the growth of tourism using local economic development. This Public-Private Partnership framework could inform policy direction for the entire local government community in Eastern Cape. Such process will assist OR Tambo District Municipality communities in mitigating challenges of triple threat (poverty, inequality, and unemployment) through sustainable tourism and local economic development.
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