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As the country celebrates Tourism Month, PSM takes a look at the latest figures on tourism and migration released by Statistics South Africa.
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In June 2017, 3 192 858 travellers (arrivals, departures and transits) passed through South Africa's ports of entry. Of these, 912 374 were South African residents and 2 280 484 foreign travellers. The 1 155 058 foreign arrivals were made up of 72 383 non-visitors and 1 082 675 visitors. Of the visitors, 373 697 who arrived departed on the same day, while 708 978 stayed overnight (tourists).
By June 2017, tourists had increased by 2.5 percent from
691 414 in June 2016.
Overseas tourists (151 736) increased by 11.8 percent from 135 780 in June 2016.
The highest increase (175.7 percent) was among tourists from Brazil, from 2 071 in June 2016 to 5 710 in June 2017.
Tourists from France also increased (29.3 percent) from 5 792 in June 2016 to 7 491 in June 2017.
Tourists from SADC (544 900) increased by 0.7 percent from 541 262 in June 2016.The highest increase of 13.7 percent was among tourists from
Angola (from 2 474 in June
2016 to 2 813 in June 2017). Tourists from Mozambique increased by 12.8 percent (from 91 574 in June 2016 to 103 283 in June 2017).
Tourists from other African countries (11 387), decreased by 16 percent from 13 549 in June 2016.
The highest increase, of 11.1 percent, was among tourists from Egypt (from 449 in June 2016 to 499 in June 2017).Tourists from Kenya increased by
8.3 percent (from 1 882 in June 2016 to 2 039 in June 2017). The countries of origin of 955 tourists were unspecified.
About three quarters, 528 727 (74.6 percent) of tourists used road transport and about one quarter, 180 091 (25.4 percent) used air transport.
Those who used sea transport amounted to 160 (less than 0.1 percent).
The majority of tourists, 683 466 (96.4 percent) were on holiday, while 21 884 (3.1 percent) and 3 628 (0.5 percent) came for business and for study purposes, respectively.
Tourists were made up of
401 957 (56.7 percent) males and 307 021 (43.3 percent) females.