In August 2026, 3 222 690 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 762 531 South African residents and 2 460 159 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 1 304 763 were made up of 33 530 non-visitors and 1 271 233 visitors. The visitors consisted of 265 947 same-day visitors and 1 005 286 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows 203 376 from overseas; 787 231 from SADC countries; 13 933 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 746 tourists was classified as unspecified.