IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In July 2022, 2 075 688 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 715 714 South African residents and 1 359 974 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 737 350 were made up of 66 571 non-visitors and 670 779 visitors. The visitors consisted of 162 955 same-day visitors and 507 824 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 122 720 from overseas; 376 566 from the SADC countries; 7 740 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 798 tourists was classified as unspecified.