IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In January 2020, 3 930 440 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 1 087 571 South African residents and 2 842 869 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 1 595 388 were made up of 103 620 non-visitors and 1 491 768 visitors. The visitors consisted of 398 500 same-day visitors and 1 093 268 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 242 550 from overseas; 837 035 from the SADC countries; 12 663 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 1 020 tourists was classified as unspecified.