IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In March 2023, 2 445 237 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 699 326 South African residents and 1 745 911 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 905 627 were made up of 28 856 non-visitors and 876 771 visitors. The visitors consisted of 218 067 same-day visitors and 658 704 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 187 631 from overseas; 459 534 from the SADC countries; 10 407 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 1 132 tourists was classified as unspecified.