South Africa Tourism Report Q2 2009

just some quite interesting data... (year - on - year data)

# of foreign arrivals in South Africa + 5.5%
# of arrivals from Africa + 7%
# of arrivals from Europe - 0.5%
# of arrivals from North America + 4%
# of arrivals from Asia - 8%
Arrivals from Australasia, Central and South America, and the Middle East, all recorded relatively strong growth rates.

Within Europe, tourist arrivals from the UK (which accounted for over 34% of all European arrivals) fell 2.5% y-o-y, while German visitors declined a sizeable 6.5% y-o-y, and visitors from France were up a strong 11.2% y-o-y (after growth of almost 9% y-o-y in 2007). Looking at data for the month of December 2008 however, apart for Central and South America, Middle East and Africa, all the other regions recorded negative y-o-y growth in arrivals. Indeed, the number of visitors from Europe was down over 5% compared with the same month in 2007.

Hospitality Industry:
# of tourist (foreign and domestic) room nights in all accommodation establishments 20.6mn (+6.7% compared to 2007)
hotel occupancy rates averaged some 59.9% (2008)

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