StatsSA has released the statistics on tourism and migration for October 2022.
In October 2022, 2 216 962 travellers (arrivals, departures, and transits) passed through South Africa’s ports of entry/exit. They were made up of 672 208 South African residents and 1 544 754 foreign travellers. Foreign arrivals, 815 889 were made up of 64 511 non-visitors and 751 378 visitors.
The visitors consisted of 185 516 same-day visitors and 565 862 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 151 189 from overseas; 402 365 from the SADC countries;11 116 from ‘other’ African countries and the country of residence of 1 192 tourists was classified as unspecified.
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