IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In November 2016, 3 347 065 travellers (arrivals, departures and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry. They were made up of 795 059 South African residents and 2 552 006 foreign travellers.

 
Foreign arrivals, 1 294 020 were made up of 81 921 non-visitors and 1 212 099 visitors.
The visitors were broken down as follows:

• 402 750 who arrived and departed on the same day, and
• 809 349 who stayed overnight (tourists).
  

Tourists increased by 4,5% from 774 378 in November 2015.

They were constituted as follows:

• Overseas tourists, who increased by 13,1% from 221 149 in November 2015. 
  o The highest increase, 29,3% was for tourists from France (from 15 103 in November 2015 to 19 531 in November 2016), whereas Switzerland had the smallest increase of 6,7% (from 6 739 in November 2015 to 7 192 in November 2016).
• Tourists from SADC, who increased by 1,1% from 535 911 in October 2015. 
  o The highest increase, 11,7% was for tourists from Malawi (from 12 479 in November 2015 to 13 937 in October 2016), whereas Tanzania showed the smallest increase of 3,0% (from 3 005 in November 2015 to 3 094 in October 2016).
• Tourists from 'other' African countries, who increased by 0,7% from 16 016 in November 2015.
  o The highest increase, 27,5% was for tourists from Egypt (from 615 in November 2015 to 784 in November 2016, Whereas Uganda showed the smallest increase of 1,6% (from 1 075 in November 2015 to 1 092 in November 2016).
• 1 139 tourists, whose country of origin were unspecified.

About two thirds, 534 864 (66,1%) of tourists used road transport and about a third, 272 696 (33,7%) used air transport, while a much smaller number, 1 789 (0,2%) used sea transport.
The majority of tourists, 780 390 (96,4%) were on holiday compared to 25 644 (3,2%) and 3 315 (0,4%) who came for business and for study purposes respectively. Tourists were made up of 452 508 (55,9%) males and 356 841 (44,1%) females.