IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In January 2022, 1 201 647 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 399 936 South African residents and 801 711 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 480 117 were made up of 49 915 non-visitors and 430 202 visitors. The visitors consisted of 52 551 same-day visitors and 377 651 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 64 714 from overseas; 306 645 from the SADC countries; 5 795 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 497 tourists was classified as unspecified.