Key findings: P0351 - Tourism and Migration, August 2023

In August 2023, 2 577 724 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 690 126 South African residents and 1 887 598 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 985 800 were made up of 29 325 non-visitors and 956 475 visitors. The visitors consisted of 248 316 same-day visitors and 708 159 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 165 705 from overseas; 530 625 from the SADC countries; 10 942 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 887 tourists was classified as unspecified.