10 December 2010

More than 700 000 tourists visited South Africa in October 2010

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) has published the October 2010 Tourism and Migration statistics. In October 2010 South Africa had 1 003 661 foreign arrivals. The arrivals were made up of 14 757 non-visitors and 988 904 visitors. The visitors consist of 282 065 same-day visitors and 706 839 overnight visitors (tourists).
The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 208 276 from overseas; 480 766 from SADC countries; 15 305 from "other" African countries and 2 492 unspecified.
The total overseas arrivals grew by 9,7% from 189 932 to 208 276 while African arrivals grew by 13% from 438 756 to 496 071. [src.]

The top overseas markets for October 2010 were:
  • UK, down 2,9% from 40 829 to 39 642
  • Germany, up 6,8% from 23 300 to 24 895
  • USA, up 22,9% from 19 536 to 24 002
  • The Netherlands, down 5,2% from 15 612 to 14 796
  • France, up 9,8% from 11 834 to 12 995
  • Australia, up 32,9% from 7 029 to 9 339
  • India, up 24,6% from 5 047 to 6 291
  • China, up 73,7% from 3 280 to 5 697
  • Canada, up 25% from 4 536 to 5 668
  • Switzerland, up 28% from 3 983 to 5 097
The top African markets for October 2010 were:
  • Zimbabwe, up 12,7% from 117 669 to 132 571
  • Lesotho, up 39,1% from 87 286 to 121 042
  • Mozambique, up 9,6% from 79 039 to 86 905
  • Swaziland, down 5,3% from 52 320 to 49 599
  • Botswana, down 0,9% from 38 841 to 38 506

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