In September 2026, 2 883 115 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 766 185 South African residents and 2 116 930 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 1 091 441 were made up of 29 266 non-visitors and 1 062 175 visitors. The visitors consisted of 226 795 same-day visitors and 835 380 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows 161 753 from overseas; 659 613 from SADC countries; 13 225 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 789 tourists was classified as unspecified.