These are the countries where most of South Africa’s tourists are coming from right now
Tourism in South Africa is quickly accelerating back to pre-Covid 2019 levels, and while most of South Africa’s visitors are from neighbouring countries, as well as Germany and the United Kingdom, there has been an uptick in interest from Asian countries over the last couple of months.
According to the latest tourism data for the first quarter of 2023, the number of international arrivals in the country compared to the same period in 2022 increased by 102.5%.
Although this increase is still considering the after-effects of the pandemic – with tourist numbers still 21.5% lower than in the same period in 2019 – minister of Tourism Patricia De Lille noted that the industry is gaining ground rapidly.
She noted that tourism brings large amounts of foreign income into the South African economy. Over the first quarter of this year, foreign direct spending soared to R25.3 billion – a 143.9% increase compared to Q1 2022.
Source: BusinessTech