IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The total number of foreign travellers who visited South Africa from Africa, overseas and unspecified countries, arriving through all ports of entry during 2014 was 15 092 016. The 2014 figure represents a decrease of 0,4% as compared with the 2013 figure of 15 154 991. During 2014, 5 311 625 arrivals were recorded for South African residents while the total number of those departing was 5 382 139 and South African residence in transit were 8 178. In 2014, a total of 14 529 542 visitors came to South Africa, of which 4 980 306 are same day visitors and 9 549 236 are tourists (overnight visitors).The breakdown of tourists by sex and age is as follows: 4 929 719 were males and 3 867 682 were females; 553 881 were less than 15 years, 8 554 931 were aged 15-64, 440 100 were aged 65+ and 324 tourists did not specify their age.