IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In June 2023, 2 311 573 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 701 989 South African residents and 1 609 584 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 851 647 were made up of 26 054 non-visitors and 825 593 visitors. The visitors consisted of 217 274 same-day visitors and 608 319 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 123 069 from overseas; 475 358 from the SADC countries; 8 948 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 944 tourists was classified as unspecified.