Key findings: P0350 - International Tourism, January 2025

In January 2025, 3 088 791 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They comprised 813 535 South African residents and 2 275 256 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 1 310 377 comprised 35 747 non-visitors and 1 274 630 visitors. The visitors consisted of 260 646 same-day visitors and 1 013 984 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of tourists by region is as follows 210 709 from overseas; 787 560 from SADC countries; 14 921 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 794 tourists were classified as unspecified.