IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In March 2020, 2 397 151 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 598 205 South African residents and 1 798 946 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 863 232 were made up of 57 790 non-visitors and 805 442 visitors. The visitors consisted of 270 348 same-day visitors and 535 094 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 110 241 from overseas; 417 826 from the SADC countries; 6 454 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 573 tourists was classified as unspecified.