IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

In November 2023, 2 582 023 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They comprised 647 542 South African residents and 1 934 481 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 1 015 584 were made up of 26 716 non-visitors and 988 868 visitors. The visitors consisted of 257 191 same-day visitors and 731 677 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 195 549 from overseas; 520 322 from SADC countries; 14 647 from 'other' African countries and the country of residence of 1 159 tourists was classified as unspecified.