IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In June 2017, 3 192 858 travellers (arrivals, departures and transits) passed through South Africa's ports of entry. They were made up of 912 374 South African residents and 2 280 484 foreign travellers.

Foreign arrivals, 1 155 058 were made up of 72 383 non-visitors and 1 082 675 visitors.

The visitors were broken down as follows:

• 373 697 who arrived and departed on the same day, and
• 708 978 who stayed overnight (tourists).

Tourists increased by 2,5% from 691 414 in June 2016.

They were constituted as follows:

• Overseas tourists (151 736), who increased by 11,8% from 135 780 in June 2016.
  The highest increase, 175,7% was for tourists from Brazil (from 2 071 in June 2016 to 5 710 in June 2017), followed by France, 29,3% (from 5 792 in June 2016 to 7 491 in June 2017).
• Tourists from SADC (544 900), who increased by 0,7% from 541 262 in June 2016.
  o The highest increase, 13,7% was for tourists from Angola (from 2 474 in June 2016 to 2 813 in June 2017), followed by Mozambique, 12,8% (from 91 574 in June 2016 to 103 283 in June 2017).
• Tourists from 'other' African countries (11 387), who decreased by 16,0% from 13 549 in June 2016.
  o The highest increase, 11,1% was for tourists from Egypt (from 449 in June 2016 to 499 in June 2017) , followed by Kenya, 8,3% (from 1 882 in June 2016 to 2 039 in June 2017).
• 955 tourists, whose country of origin were unspecified.

About three quarters, 528 727 (74,6%) of tourists used road transport and about one quarter, 180 091 (25,4%) used air transport, while a smaller number, 160 (less than 0,1%) used sea transport.

The majority of tourists, 683 466 (96,4%) were on holiday compared to 21 884 (3,1%) and 3 628 (0,5%) who came for business and for study purposes respectively. Tourists were made up of 401 957 (56,7%) males and 307 021 (43,3%) females.