IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In January 2020, 3 091 233 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 752 507 South African residents and 2 338 726 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 1 218 468 were made up of 75 171 non-visitors and 1 143 297 visitors. The visitors consisted of 342 482 same-day visitors and 800 815 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 248 037 from overseas; 538 349 from the SADC countries; 13 027 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 1 402 tourists was classified as unspecified.