In 2008 the Social Responsibility Projects of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) were to be managed by the Municipality. When applications are successful they can play a big role in improving the tourism infrastructure in surrounding communities, provided they are planned properly and linked with the larger infrastructural network. This will hopefully promote the influx of tourists into the area now that the Transfrontier Park Richtersveld/Ai-Ais border between South Africa and Namibia has opened at Sendelingsdrift.