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