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Tourism and migration March 2017

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Contents Preface

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1.

Key findings.................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1

Travellers ......................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1.1

Number of travellers ......................................................................................................................... 4

1.1.2

Mode of travel .................................................................................................................................. 5

1.2

Tourists ............................................................................................................................................ 5

1.2.1

Mode of travel .................................................................................................................................. 5

1.2.2

Regional and national distribution .................................................................................................... 5

1.2.3

Purpose of visit................................................................................................................................. 6

1.2.4

Sex and age distribution ................................................................................................................... 6

1.2.5

Quarterly and annual trends ............................................................................................................. 7

2.

Figures ............................................................................................................................................ 8

Figure 1 – Number of tourists from the ten leading overseas countries in March 2016 and March 2017 ........... 8 Figure 2 – Number of tourists from the ten leading Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries in March 2016 and March 2017 ........................................................................................................ 8 Figure 3 – Number of tourists from the ten leading ‘other’ African countries in March 2016 and March 2017 ... 9 Figure 4 – Number of tourists from overseas countries by month: 2012 – 2017 ............................................... 9 Figure 5 – Number of tourists from SADC countries by month: 2012 – 2017 ................................................. 10 Figure 6 – Number of tourists from 'other' African countries by month: 2012 – 2017 ...................................... 10 3.

Tables ............................................................................................................................................ 11

Table 1 – Number of South African residents and foreign travellers by travel direction .................................. 11 Table 2 – Number of South African residents and foreign travellers by travel direction and mode of travel ... 12 Table 3 – Number of tourists by country of residence and mode of travel (March 2017) ................................ 13 Table 4 – Number of tourists by country of residence and purpose of visit .................................................... 17 Table 5 – Number of tourists from overseas, SADC and ‘other’ African regions by sex and age group ......... 21 4.

Annexure ...................................................................................................................................... 22

4.1

Annex (A) – Number of tourists: Quarter 4, 2016 – Quarter 1, 2017 changes by country of residence and month of travel ........................................................................................................ 22

4.2

Annex (B) – Number of tourists: Quarter 1, 2016 – Quarter 1, 2017 changes by country of residence and month of travel ........................................................................................................ 26

5.

Explanatory notes ........................................................................................................................ 30

5.1

Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 30

5.2

Purpose of the statistical release.................................................................................................... 30

5.3

Scope and coverage ...................................................................................................................... 30

5.4

Data ............................................................................................................................................... 30

5.5

Limitations ...................................................................................................................................... 31

5.6

Definition of terms .......................................................................................................................... 31

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5.6.1

Definitions used by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ............................. 31

5.6.2

Definitions used specifically in this release ..................................................................................... 31

5.7

Symbols used................................................................................................................................. 32

6.

General information ..................................................................................................................... 32


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Preface This monthly statistical release provides information on South African residents and foreign travellers who entered or left South Africa in March 2017. Specific focus is on foreign tourists who entered the country during this month. The tourists are classified by region and country of residence. Details of their mode of travel; purpose of visit; and age and sex distribution are also provided. The March, June, September and December releases include summaries of number of tourists for the current quarter and comparisons with previous periods.

PJ Lehohla Statistician-General



1.

Key findings

1.1

Travellers

1.1.1

Number of travellers

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The routine data collected by the Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA) immigration officers at the ports of entry into South Africa show that a total of 3 309 712 travellers (arrivals, departures and transits) passed through South African ports of entry in March 2017. As presented in Table 1 on page 11, these travellers were made up of 818 948 South African residents and 2 490 764 foreign travellers. A further breakdown of the figures for South African residents indicates that there were 396 471 arrivals, 421 743 departures and 734 travellers in transit. The corresponding volume for foreign arrivals, departures and transit travellers was 1 258 642, 1 175 596 and 56 526 respectively. A comparison between the movements in March 2016 and March 2017 indicates that the volume of arrivals and departures decreased for both South African residents and foreign travellers, while the volume of travellers in transit increased for South African residents but decreased for foreign travellers. For South African residents, the volume of arrivals decreased by 12,0% (from 450 637 in March 2016 to 396 471 in March 2017), departures decreased by 13,0% (from 484 750 in March 2016 to 421 743 in March 2017), and transits increased by 1,2% (from 725 in March 2016 to 734 in March 2017). For foreign travellers, arrivals decreased by 12,3% (from 1 435 879 in March 2016 to 1 258 642 in March 2017), departures decreased by 11,4% (from 1 326 244 in March 2016 to 1 175 596 in March 2017), and transits decreased by 7,5% (from 61 087 in March 2016 to 56 526 in March 2017). The drop in number of travellers between March 2016 and March 2017 needs to be interpreted with caution as this is likely to be due to the effect of the peak in number of travellers that occurs during the Easter period. In 2016 Easter fell in March but in 2017 it occurred in April, and therefore there were fewer number of travellers in March 2017 compared to March 2016. A comparison between the movements in February 2017 and March 2017 indicates that the volume of arrivals, departures and travellers in transit increased for both South African residents and foreign travellers. For South African residents, the volume of arrivals increased by 19,4% (from 332 116 in February 2017 to 396 471 in March 2017), departures increased by 25,5% (from 336 129 in February 2017 to 421 743 in March 2017), and transits increased by 16,0% (from 633 in February 2017 to 734 in March 2017). For foreign travellers, arrivals increased by 6,6% (from 1 180 301 in February 2017 to 1 258 642 in March 2017), departures increased by 12,0% (from 1 050 062 in February 2017 to 1 175 596 in March 2017), and transits increased by 17,9% (from 47 948 in February 2017 to 56 526 in March 2017). Detailed information on the departure of travellers is not available in the movement control system. Data on the purpose of travel and the number of days South African residents intend to spend or spent abroad are not collected by the DHA. Hence, it is not possible to categorise South African residents as tourists or non-tourists. However, some data are available on foreign arrivals for this categorisation. As presented in Table 1, in March 2017, 77 939 (6,2%) of foreign arrivals were classified as non-visitors while 1 180 703 (93,8%) were classified as visitors. The visitors were categorised into three groups: i.

Arrivals only – comprising visitors who entered the country in March 2017 but did not depart in March 2017 [286 182 (24,2%)];

ii.

Single trips – visitors who came to South Africa once in March 2017 and left in March 2017 [422 983 (35,8%)]; and

iii.

Multiple trips – visitors who came to and left South Africa more than once in March 2017 [471 538 (39,9%)].

Visitors were further grouped as same-day visitors and overnight visitors (tourists). In March 2017, there were 374 846 (31,7%) same-day visitors and 805 857 (68,3%) tourists. Between March 2016 and March 2017, the volume of same-day visitors decreased by 14,9% (from 440 493 in March 2016 to 374 846 in March 2017) and that of tourists decreased by 10,9% (from 904 594 in March 2016 to 805 857 in March 2017). This is likely to be due to the “Easter effect” alluded to in paragraph two above. Between February 2017 and March 2017, the volume of same-day visitors increased by 13,4% (from 330 566 in February 2017 to 374 846 in March 2017), while tourists increased by 3,9% (from 775 824 in February 2017 to 805 857 in March 2017).



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Mode of travel

Data presented in Table 2 on page 12 show that in March 2017, road transport was the most common mode of travel used by 2 269 429 (68,6%) of the 3 309 712 travellers. The total number of travellers who used air transport was 1 029 870 (31,1%). Compared to use of air and land transport, a smaller number of travellers, 10 413 (0,3%) used sea transport. The arrivals data for South African residents show that 154 700 (39,0%) came by air, 241 360 (60,9%) came by road and 411 (0,1%) arrived by sea transport. For departures, 167 501 (39,7%) used air, 253 983 (60,2%) used road and 259 (0,1%) left by sea transport. All travellers in transit (734) used air transport. In the case of foreign travellers, 310 130 (24,6%) arrived by air, 943 573 (75,0%) came by road and 4 939 (0,4%) arrived by sea transport. When departing South Africa, 340 279 (28,9%) foreign travellers left by air, 830 513 (70,6%) left by road and 4 804 (0,4%) left by sea transport. All travellers in transit (56 526) used air transport. Table 2 further shows that of the 374 846 same day visitors, an overwhelming majority, 357 824 (95,5%) arrived in the country by road. Only 16 996, (4,5%) of same-day visitors flew into the country. Data on tourists show that 528 376, (65,6%) used road transport, 276 335, (34,3%) came by air transport and 1 146 (0,1%) arrived by sea transport. 1.2

Tourists

1.2.1

Mode of travel

The country of residence of tourists is used to categorise them according to their respective countries and regions. Information on the specific region and country of residence of the tourists and the mode of travel used to enter South Africa is provided in Table 3 on pages 13–16. In March 2017, 223 508 (89,5%) of the 249 641 overseas tourists arrived in the country by air, whilst 25 006 (10,0%) came in by road and 1 127 (0,5%) arrived by sea. Tourists from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, on the other hand, came predominantly by road, 502 145 (92,9%), followed by air travel, 38 538 (7,1%) and 4 (less than 0,1%) arriving by sea. The number of tourists who came into South Africa by air from 'other' African countries was 13 399 (92,2%), with 1 112 (7,7%) using road transport and 15 (0,1%) using sea transport. 1.2.2

Regional and national distribution

In March 2017, the distribution of overseas tourists was as follows: Europe, 157 174 (63,0%); North America, 39 985 (16,0%); Asia, 25 870 (10,4%); Australasia, 10 063 (4,0%); Central and South America, 9 352 (3,7%); and Middle East, 7 197 (2,9%). Data presented in Figure 1 on page 8 and Table 3 on pages 13–14 indicate that the United Kingdom (UK), 45 203 (18,1%); Germany, 37 759 (15,1%); United States of America (USA), 32 994 (13,2%); France, 20 394 (8,2%); The Netherlands, 10 798 (4,3%); Australia, 8 860 (3,5%); China, 8 386 (3,4%); India, 7 323 (2,9%); Canada, 6 991 (2,8%); and Brazil, 5 546 (2,2%) were the ten leading overseas countries visiting South Africa in March 2017. Tourists from these ten countries constituted 73,8% of all tourists from overseas countries. A comparison of movements in the ten leading countries between March 2016 and March 2017 shows that the number of tourists increased for eight countries but decreased for China and UK. Brazil had the largest increase of 143,9% (from 2 274 tourists in March 2016 to 5 546 in March 2017), followed by France, which increased by 46,4% (from 13 930 in March 2016 to 20 394 in March 2017). China decreased by 14,3% (from 9 780 tourists in March 2016 to 8 386 in March 2017) and UK decreased by 7,9% (from 49 095 tourists in March 2016 to 45 203 in March 2017).. Virtually all tourists from Africa, 540 687 (97,4%), came from the SADC countries. The distribution of the remaining tourists from Africa is as follows: West Africa, 6 813 (1,2%); East and Central Africa, 6 109 (1,1%); and North Africa 1 604 (0,3%). The ten leading SADC countries in terms of the number of tourists visiting South Africa in March 2017 were: Zimbabwe, 140 658 (26,0%); Lesotho, 130 407 (24,1%); Mozambique, 100 540 (18,6%); Swaziland, 64 643 (12,0%); Botswana, 49 152 (9,1%); Namibia, 16 654 (3,1%); Zambia 13 794 (2,6%); Malawi, 12 763 (2,4%); Angola, 4 007 (0,7%) and Tanzania, 3 208 (0,6%). (See Figure 2 on page 8 and Table 3 on pages 14–15). Tourists from these ten countries constituted 99,1% of all tourists from the SADC countries. A comparison between movements in March 2016 and March 2017 for the ten leading SADC countries shows that the number of tourists increased for four of the ten leading countries (Angola, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania), and decreased for the other six (Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Mozambique). Angola showed the largest increase of 18,6% (from 3 380 tourists in March 2016 to 4 007 in March 2017), while Botswana showed the largest decrease of 35,0% (from 75 650 tourists in March 2016 to 49 152 in March 2017). Tourism and migration, March 2017


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The ten leading countries in terms of the number of tourists visiting South Africa in March 2017 from 'other' African countries, as shown in Figure 3 on page 9 and Table 3 on pages 15–16, were: Nigeria, 3 930 (27,1%); Kenya, 2 432 (16,7%); Ghana, 1 527 (10,5%); Uganda, 1 109 (7,6%); Egypt, 815 (5,6%); Ethiopia, 813 (5,6%); Gabon, 703 (4,8%); Cameroon, 379 (2,6%); Congo, 303 (2,1%) and Côte d’Ivoire, 253 (1,7%). Tourists from these ten countries constituted 84,4% of all tourists from 'other' African countries. A comparison between movements in March 2016 and March 2017 shows that the number of tourists increased for seven of the ten leading countries (Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Gabon), and decreased for the other three (Nigeria, Cameroon and Congo). Egypt showed the largest increase of 51,8% (from 537 tourists in March 2016 to 815 in March 2017), while Nigeria showed the largest decrease of 27,4% (from 5 410 tourists in March 2016 to 3 930 in March 2017). 1.2.3

Purpose of visit

As observed from data shown in Table 4 on pages 17–20, in March 2017, the majority of tourists, 778 364 (96,6%), were in South Africa for holiday compared to 22 372 (2,8%) and 5 121 (0,6%) who were in South Africa for business and for study purposes respectively. A detailed analysis reveals that of all the tourists from each of the overseas regions, more than 90,0% came to South Africa for holiday. A total of 9 184 (98,2%) tourists from Central and South America, 9 877 (98,2%) from Australasia, 38 885 (97,2%) from North America, 6 958 (96,7%) from Middle East, 151 920 (96,7%) from Europe and 23 765 (91,9%) from Asia were in South Africa for holiday. Compared to other overseas regions, Asia had the highest proportion of tourists who came to South Africa for business, 7,4% (1 905) and for study purposes, 0,8% (200). The majority of African tourists, 536 833 (96,7%) came to South Africa for holiday. However, there were differences between tourists from the SADC countries and 'other' African countries, namely: •

Whereas 524 106 (96,9%) of tourists from the SADC countries were on holiday; 12 727 (87,6%) of tourists from 'other' African countries came for the same purpose. Data on the regions of 'other' African countries show that tourists on holiday constituted 89,4% (6 090); 86,2% (5 265); and 85,5% (1 372) for West Africa, East and Central Africa and North Africa respectively.

•

Business persons constituted 7,2% (1 048) of tourists from 'other' African countries and 2,4% (13 049) from the SADC countries. North Africa had the highest proportion, 9,5% (153) of its tourists who came to South Africa for business purposes.

•

Students made up 5,2% (751) of tourists from 'other' African countries compared with 0,7% (3 532) from the SADC countries. East and Central Africa had the highest proportion, 5,5% (334) of its tourists who came to South Africa for study purposes.

1.2.4

Sex and age distribution

Table 5 on page 21 shows that in March 2017, there were 454 855 (56,4%) male and 351 002 (43,6%) female tourists. Overseas tourists were made up of 134 756 (54,0%) male tourists and 114 885 (46,0%) female tourists. There were 310 007 (57,3%) male and 230 680 (42,7%) female tourists from the SADC countries. Tourists from 'other' African countries were made up of 9 506 (65,4%) male and 5 020 (34,6%) female tourists. The ages of the tourists were categorised into three broad groups: Those younger than 15 years, 15 to 64 years, and 65 years and older. The overall results presented in Table 5 show that 30 458 (3,8%) tourists were aged less than 15 years; 719 975 (89,3%) were aged between 15 and 64 years; and 55 424 (6,9%) were aged 65 years and older. Taking the regions of residence into consideration, the results further show that 509 325 (94,2%) tourists from SADC countries and 13 653 (94,0%) tourists of 'other' African countries were aged between 15 and 64 years compared with 196 036 (78,5%) tourists in the same age range from overseas. The proportion of tourists aged less than 15 years was higher among tourists from overseas, 5,2% (12 977), than among those from SADC, 3,1% (17 010) and from 'other' African countries, 3,2% (469). A comparison of the three regions shows relatively higher proportions of the elderly among both male and female tourists from overseas. Tourists aged 65 years and older comprised 15,6% (21 019) of male and 17,1% (19 609) of female tourists from overseas. This is in contrast to the pattern observed among tourists from the other two regions where tourists aged 65 years and older comprised less than 3,5% of both male and female tourists. From the SADC



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countries elderly tourists made up 2,1% (6 577) and 3,4% (7 775) of male and female tourists respectively; while in 'other' African countries elderly tourists made up 2,6% (247) and 3,1% (157) of male and female tourists respectively. 1.2.5

Quarterly and annual trends

Figures 4, 5, and 6 on pages 9 and 10 show monthly and annual changes in number of tourists from overseas, SADC and 'other' African countries, respectively. For overseas countries (Figure 4), the number of tourists to South Africa is generally highest in quarter one (January – March) and quarter four (October – December). Quarter two (April – June) is characterised by a large decrease in number of tourists, reaching its lowest in June, followed by a gradual increase into quarter three. Between quarter four of 2016 and quarter one of 2017 (Annexure A, page 22) the number of tourists from overseas decreased by 1,3% (from 760 478 in quarter four, 2016 to 750 616 in quarter one, 2017). A year on year comparison between 2016 and 2017 for quarter one (Annexure B, page 26) shows that the number of tourists increased by 9,5% (from 685 250 in quarter one 2016 to 750 616 in quarter one 2017). Figure 4 shows that the highest number of overseas tourists to South Africa occurred in 2013, followed by a rapid decline in 2014 that continued into 2015, with a subsequent improvement in 2016. The number of tourists recorded in quarter one of 2017, which are higher than in the first quarter of 2013, suggests that overseas tourism to South Africa may be on it’s way to recovery, and indeed, may exceed the 2013 levels. For the SADC countries (Figure 5), the months of December and January have the highest numbers of tourists, with a distinct peak in January and two smaller peaks in March/April and August. The March/April peak coincides with the Easter holiday in the region, a period characterised by high volumes of travellers between South Africa and neighbouring SADC countries. The months of February, June and November have the lowest numbers of tourists on the whole. Between quarter four in 2016 and quarter 1 in 2017 the number of tourists increased by 0,6% (from 1 812 981 in quarter four 2016 to 1 824 223 in quarter one 2017) (Annexure A, page 23). Comparisons between 2016 and 2017 for quarter one show however, that the number of tourists from SADC countries decreased by 8,3% (from 1 988 613 in quarter one, 2016 to 1 824 223 in quarter one, 2017) (Annexure B, page 27). The decrease in the number of SADC tourists in the first quarter of 2017 might be due to the “Easter effect”, or it could reflect a real drop in tourists from SADC countries. A clearer picture of SADC tourism in 2017 will emerge in subsequent months. In the case of the 'other' African countries (Figure 6), the months of January, August and December attract higher number of tourists to South Africa compared to other months, while June attracts the lowest. Between quarter four of 2016 and quarter one of 2017 (Annexure A, page 24), the number of tourists from 'other' African countries decreased by 8,4% (from 48 689 in quarter four 2016 to 44 604 in quarter one 2017). West Africa had the largest decrease of 12,4% (from 24 249 in quarter four 2016 to 21 243 in quarter one 2017), followed by East and central Africa which decreased by 6,0% (from 20 079 in quarter four 2016 to 18 882 in quarter one 2017). In contrast to East and central Africa and West Africa, tourists from North Africa increased by 2,7% (from 4 361 in quarter four 2016 to 4 479 in quarter one 2017). A year on year comparison for quarter one (Annexure B, page 28) shows that the number of tourists decreased by a neglible amount, 0,03%. Nevertheless, the number of tourists from North Africa increased by 11,9% (from 4 002 in quarter four, 2016 to 4 479 in quarter one, 2017). East and central Africa increased by 9,8% (from 17 199 in quarter one, 2016 to 18 882 in quarter one, 2017). In contrast to North Africa and East and central Africa, tourists from West Africa decreased by 9,3% between 2016 and 2017 for quarter one (from 23 418 in quarter one 2016 to 21 243 in quarter one 2017).



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2. Figures Figure 1 – Number of tourists from the ten leading overseas countries in March 2016 and March 2017

Number of tourists

60 000 50 000 40 000 30 000 20 000 10 000

Country of residence 2016

2017

Number of tourists

Figure 2 – Number of tourists from the ten leading Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries in March 2016 and March 2017 180 000 160 000 140 000 120 000 100 000 80 000 60 000 40 000 20 000



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Figure 3 – Number of tourists from the ten leading 'other' African countries in March 2016 and March 2017

Number of tourists

6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000


2017

Figure 4 – Number of tourists from overseas countries by month: 2012 – 2017

300 000

Number of tourists

250 000 200 000 150 000 100 000 50 000

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Month of travel 2012 2015


2013 2016

2014 2017

Nov

Dec


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Figure 5 – Number of tourists from SADC countries by month: 2012 – 2017

900 000

Number of tourists

800 000 700 000 600 000 500 000 400 000 300 000 200 000 100 000 Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec


2013 2016

2014 2017

Figure 6 – Number of tourists from ‘other’ African countries by month: 2012 – 2017

25 000

Number of tourists

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct



2013 2016

2014 2017

Nov

Dec


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3. Tables Table 1 – Number of South African residents and foreign travellers by travel direction Travel Direction

Total

March

February

March

% Change

% Change

2016

2017

2017

Feb – Mar 2017

Mar 2016 – Mar 2017

3 759 322

2 947 189

3 309 712

12,3%

-12,0%

South African residents

936 112

668 878

818 948

22,4%

-12,5%

Arrivals

450 637

332 116

396 471

19,4%

-12,0%

Departures

484 750

336 129

421 743

25,5%

-13,0%

725

633

734

16,0%

1,2%

Foreign travellers

2 823 210

2 278 311

2 490 764

9,3%

-11,8%

Arrivals

1 435 879

1 180 301

1 258 642

6,6%

-12,3%

Departures

1 326 244

1 050 062

1 175 596

12,0%

-11,4%

61 087

47 948

56 526

17,9%

-7,5%

1 435 879

1 180 301

1 258 642

6,6%

-12,3%

Transits

Transits Foreign arrivals Non-visitors

90 792

73 911

77 939

5,4%

-14,2%

Visitors

1 345 087

1 106 390

1 180 703

6,7%

-12,2%

Visitors

1 345 087

1 106 390

1 180 703

6,7%

-12,2%

324 319

313 632

286 182

-8,8%

-11,8%

Arrivals only Single trips

486 761

398 453

422 983

6,2%

-13,1%

Multiple trips

534 007

394 305

471 538

19,6%

-11,7%

Visitors

1 345 087

1 106 390

1 180 703

6,7%

-12,2%

Same-Day

440 493

330 566

374 846

13,4%

-14,9%

Overnight (Tourists)

904 594

775 824

805 857

3,9%

-10,9%



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Table 2 – Number of South African residents and foreign travellers by travel direction and mode of travel Air Travel direction

Total

Total

3 309 712

237 071

31 169

755 564

6 066

1 029 870

2 269 429

10 413

South African residents

818 948

50 068

18 891

250 486

3 490

322 935

495 343

670

Arrivals

396 471

23 570

8 653

120 731

1 746

154 700

241 360

411

Departures

421 743

26 478

10 238

129 041

1 744

167 501

253 983

259

734

20

-

714

-

734

-

-

Foreign travellers

2 490 764

187 003

12 278

505 078

2 576

706 935

1 774 086

9 743

Arrivals

1 258 642

85 689

5 671

217 659

1 111

310 130

943 573

4 939

Departures

Transits

Cape Town

King Shaka

O. R. Tambo

Other Airports

Total

Road

Sea

1 175 596

101 139

6 607

231 068

1 465

340 279

830 513

4 804

Transits

56 526

175

-

56 351

-

56 526

-

-

Visitors

1 172

1 180 703

82 477

4 187

205 829

838

293 331

886 200

Same day

374 846

409

9

16 442

136

16 996

357 824

26

Tourist

805 857

82 068

4 178

189 387

702

276 335

528 376

1 146



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Table 3 – Number of tourists by country of residence and mode of travel (March 2017) Country of residence

March 2016

Air 2017

Cape Town

King Shaka

O.R. Tambo

Other

Total

Road

Sea

Total

904 594

805 857

82 068

4 178

189 387

702

276 335

528 376

1 146

Overseas

235 640

249 641

76 287

3 602

143 061

558

223 508

25 006

1 127

Europe Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Ireland Italy Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands UK Other

153 395 2 708 4 945 2 932 13 930 36 759 3 740 3 919 2 686 4 186 2 816 4 087 4 701 8 845 49 095 8 046

157 174 2 772 4 258 2 631 20 394 37 759 3 014 4 141 1 828 3 378 2 907 4 166 4 733 10 798 45 203 9 192

57 663 1 139 1 480 673 6 729 14 376 1 309 1 478 665 725 847 1 791 2 202 4 154 16 908 3 187

2 578 63 46 59 186 304 120 87 12 27 14 68 46 75 1 209 262

78 089 1 279 2 126 1 671 8 597 18 556 1 412 2 223 876 1 547 1 655 1 992 1 974 4 787 24 569 4 825

272 1 9 24 2 9 2 4 130 2 8 12 52 17

138 602 2 481 3 653 2 403 15 521 33 260 2 843 3 797 1 555 2 303 2 646 3 853 4 230 9 028 42 738 8 291

18 196 288 593 221 4 782 4 479 167 341 272 1 074 255 312 480 1 768 2 348 816

376 3 12 7 91 20 4 3 1 1 6 1 23 2 117 85

North America Canada USA

36 622 5 708 30 914

39 985 6 991 32 994

9 496 2 222 7 274

325 72 253

26 153 3 942 22 211

205 21 184

36 179 6 257 29 922

3 150 712 2 438

656 22 634

4 736 876 2 274 213 1 373

9 352 1 850 5 546 478 1 478

1 217 36 949 17 215

14 5 1 8

7 385 1 727 4 088 435 1 135

8 1 1 6

8 624 1 763 5 043 454 1 364

703 84 501 22 96

25 3 2 2 18

Central and South America Argentina Brazil Chile Other



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Table 3 – Number of tourists by country of residence and mode of travel (March 2017) (continued) Country of residence

March 2016

2017

Cape Town

King Shaka

Air O.R. Tambo

Other

Total

Road

Sea

Australasia Australia New Zealand Other

10 143 8 325 1 792 26

10 063 8 860 1 180 23

1 029 796 230 3

129 90 39 -

8 341 7 471 852 18

43 39 4 -

9 542 8 396 1 125 21

482 434 46 2

39 30 9 -

Middle East Iran Israel Saudi Arabia Other

5 275 1 739 1 961 626 949

7 197 2 295 2 817 867 1 218

1 816 788 375 165 488

39 4 7 3 25

5 083 1 499 2 234 699 651

1 1 -

6 939 2 292 2 616 867 1 164

255 3 200 52

3 1 2

Asia Bangladesh China India Japan Malaysia Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Other

25 469 464 9 780 6 546 1 917 604 1 456 523 683 1 463 609 1 424

25 870 526 8 386 7 323 2 416 639 1 653 502 620 1 544 661 1 600

5 066 119 1 099 1 718 326 321 361 120 211 227 212 352

517 15 50 252 22 24 61 8 6 3 29 47

18 010 246 6 843 4 652 1 952 257 806 324 384 1 128 407 1 011

29 1 1 13 4 8 2 -

23 622 381 7 993 6 635 2 304 602 1 228 452 609 1 360 648 1 410

2 220 145 375 684 110 37 425 49 10 184 12 189

28 18 4 2 1 1 1 1

Africa

668 020

555 213

5 749

574

45 470

144

51 937

503 257

19

SADC Angola Botswana DRC Lesotho

653 598 3 380 75 650 2 139 154 690

540 687 4 007 49 152 2 089 130 407

4 547 1 214 249 68 9

457 2 109 4 3

33 425 2 655 2 462 1 581 519

109 2 38 4 2

38 538 3 873 2 858 1 657 533

502 145 134 46 294 432 129 874

4 -



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Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe ‘Other' African East and Central Africa Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Kenya Réunion Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Somalia Uganda


March 2016

2017

Cape Town

King Shaka

Air O.R. Tambo

Other

Total

Road

Sea

219 11 318 1 435 117 221 20 492 913 80 466 3 207 13 523 168 945

178 12 763 1 500 100 540 16 654 1 094 64 643 3 208 13 794 140 658

4 25 346 10 2 357 4 3 45 52 161

1 76 29 131 11 3 11 47 30

167 1 851 970 2 781 3 273 1 059 487 1 863 3 259 10 498

6 6 14 4 8 2 23

171 1 883 1 392 2 826 5 775 1 074 497 1 927 3 360 10 712

7 10 880 107 97 714 10 877 19 64 146 1 281 10 434 129 946

1 2 1 -

14 422

14 526

1 202

117

12 045

35

13 399

1 112

15

5 548 61 453 22 20 13 326 14 40 43 662 661 2 170 4 66 13 30 950

6 109 71 379 7 37 14 303 10 35 57 813 703 2 432 18 95 9 17 1 109

615 7 25 5 2 50 2 8 1 85 33 322 18 7 5 1 44

48 4 2 27 8 1 6

4 987 57 316 7 32 12 242 8 26 51 602 662 1 923 74 4 14 957

22 3 3 4 12 -

5 672 68 346 7 37 14 295 10 34 52 714 699 2 265 18 82 9 15 1 007

436 3 33 8 1 5 99 4 166 13 2 102

1 1 -


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Table 3 – Number of tourists by country of residence and mode of travel (March 2017) (concluded) Country of residence

March 2016

Air 2017

Cape Town

King Shaka

O.R. Tambo

Other

Road

Total

Sea

West Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Island Côte d’Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Saint Helena Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

7 678 156 48 53 175 24 1 152 107 12 64 117 13 31 5 410 23 204 51 38

6 813 179 56 49 253 46 1 527 98 28 68 140 15 34 3 930 15 251 76 48

322 4 10 18 20 2 66 6 2 5 6 4 4 143 1 15 9 7

26 1 1 1 8 1 14 -

5 873 166 43 29 225 39 1 368 52 24 60 70 10 30 3 444 218 56 39

13 2 11 -

6 234 173 54 47 246 41 1 442 59 26 65 76 14 34 3 612 1 233 65 46

565 6 2 2 7 5 85 39 2 3 64 1 318 18 11 2

14 14 -

North Africa Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco South Sudan The Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara

1 196 109 537 45 163 60 146 132 4

1 604 102 815 111 160 65 225 125 1

265 22 96 22 27 1 71 26 -

43 12 8 12 8 3 -

1 185 77 675 41 106 61 136 88 1

-

1 493 99 783 71 145 62 215 117 1

111 3 32 40 15 3 10 8 -

-

934

1 003

32

2

856

-

890

113

-

Unspecified



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March 2016

2017

Business

Purpose of visit (March 2017) Holiday Study

Total

904 594

805 857

22 372

778 364

5 121

Overseas

235 640

249 641

8 215

240 589

837


153 395 2 708 4 945 2 932 13 930 36 759 3 740 3 919 2 686 4 186 2 816 4 087 4 701 8 845 49 095 8 046

157 174 2 772 4 258 2 631 20 394 37 759 3 014 4 141 1 828 3 378 2 907 4 166 4 733 10 798 45 203 9 192

4 850 64 141 91 463 855 112 226 57 79 136 166 110 338 1 524 488

151 920 2 703 4 103 2 536 19 845 36 825 2 899 3 894 1 762 3 282 2 763 3 982 4 613 10 428 43 618 8 667

404 5 14 4 86 79 3 21 9 17 8 18 10 32 61 37


36 622 5 708 30 914

39 985 6 991 32 994

953 136 817

38 885 6 846 32 039

147 9 138

4 736 876 2 274 213 1 373

9 352 1 850 5 546 478 1 478

133 15 53 4 61

9 184 1 834 5 473 472 1 405

35 1 20 2 12




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March 2016

2017

Business



10 143 8 325 1 792 26

10 063 8 860 1 180 23

180 148 32 -

9 877 8 708 1 147 22

6 4 1 1


5 275 1 739 1 961 626 949

7 197 2 295 2 817 867 1 218

194 11 65 20 98

6 958 2 279 2 744 834 1 101

45 5 8 13 19

Asia Bangladesh China India Japan Malaysia Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Other

25 469 464 9 780 6 546 1 917 604 1 456 523 683 1 463 609 1 424

25 870 526 8 386 7 323 2 416 639 1 653 502 620 1 544 661 1 600

1 905 60 396 715 120 38 215 41 44 58 60 158

23 765 464 7 973 6 529 2 286 596 1 413 456 572 1 464 596 1 416

200 2 17 79 10 5 25 5 4 22 5 26

Africa

668 020

555 213

14 097

536 833

4 283


653 598 3 380 75 650 2 139 154 690

540 687 4 007 49 152 2 089 130 407

13 049 54 630 82 1 196

524 106 3 736 48 159 1 886 128 505

3 532 217 363 121 706



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Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe ‘Other' African East and Central Africa Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Kenya Réunion Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Somalia Uganda


March 2016

2017

Business


219 11 318 1 435 117 221 20 492 913 80 466 3 207 13 523 168 945

178 12 763 1 500 100 540 16 654 1 094 64 643 3 208 13 794 140 658

5 370 84 3 037 2 011 10 257 114 1 394 3 805

170 12 322 1 336 97 393 14 332 1 082 63 647 2 999 12 304 136 235

3 71 80 110 311 2 739 95 96 618

14 422

14 526

1 048

12 727

751

5 548 61 453 22 20 13 326 14 40 43 662 661 2 170 4 66 13 30 950

6 109 71 379 7 37 14 303 10 35 57 813 703 2 432 18 95 9 17 1 109

510 4 31 2 1 12 1 3 5 84 15 246 5 3 98

5 265 59 328 7 32 13 246 9 31 51 713 596 2 085 18 83 9 13 972

334 8 20 3 45 1 1 16 92 101 7 1 39


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Purpose of visit (March 2017) 2017

Business

Holiday

Study


7 678 156 48 53 175 24 1 152 107 12 64 117 13 31 5 410 23 204 51 38

6 813 179 56 49 253 46 1 527 98 28 68 140 15 34 3 930 15 251 76 48

385 10 12 1 33 3 89 8 8 15 5 7 163 20 7 4

6 090 164 44 48 209 39 1 392 87 27 57 123 10 26 3 520 15 224 64 41

338 5 11 4 46 3 1 3 2 1 247 7 5 3


1 196 109 537 45 163 60 146 132 4

1 604 102 815 111 160 65 225 125 1

153 12 77 16 3 31 14 -

1 372 88 728 84 133 61 172 105 1

79 2 10 27 11 1 22 6 -

934

1 003

60

942

1

Unspecified



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2016 All

Overseas

SADC

‘Other’ African

Unspecified

Total

904 594

805 857

249 641

540 687

14 526

1 003

50 994

30 458

12 977

17 010

469

2

15-64

804 132

719 975

196 036

509 325

13 653

961

49 468

55 424

40 628

14 352

404

40

Total

500 174

454 855

134 756

310 007

9 506

586

0-14

25 564

15 420

6 643

8 536

241

-

15-64

449 967

411 557

107 094

294 894

9 018

551

24 643

27 878

21 019

6 577

247

35

Total

404 420

351 002

114 885

230 680

5 020

417

0-14

25 430

15 038

6 334

8 474

228

2

15-64

354 165

308 418

88 942

214 431

4 635

410

24 825

27 546

19 609

7 775

157

5

65+ Female

2017

0-14 65+ Male

Region (March 2017)

Age group

65+



4.

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4.1 Annex (A) – Number of tourists: Quarter 4, 2016 – Quarter 1, 2017 changes by country of residence and month of travel Quarter 4, 2016 - Quarter 1, 2017 Country of residence

Total Qrt 4 – Qrt 1

Oct

Nov

Dec

Qrt 4, 2016

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2017

% Change Qrt 4 – Qrt 1

Total

5 247 627

850 956

809 349

965 107

2 625 412

1 040 534

775 824

805 857

2 622 215

-0,1

Overseas

1 511 094

250 737

250 017

259 724

760 478

245 074

255 901

249 641

750 616

-1,3


1 005 520 19 691 29 054 19 442 107 929 225 840 18 984 29 217 13 024 21 378 17 520 37 857 39 440 86 883 280 602 58 659

165 828 3 276 5 871 3 223 19 009 40 492 2 906 5 181 1 673 3 255 3 656 4 883 7 880 16 988 39 696 7 839

170 081 3 371 5 023 2 803 19 531 42 489 2 794 4 467 2 087 3 823 3 316 6 089 7 192 15 726 40 086 11 284

168 611 3 308 4 865 2 516 13 952 31 603 3 883 6 378 2 312 4 074 3 174 8 006 6 320 14 986 53 462 9 772

504 520 9 955 15 759 8 542 52 492 114 584 9 583 16 026 6 072 11 152 10 146 18 978 21 392 47 700 133 244 28 895

162 959 3 110 4 213 3 625 15 725 33 413 3 277 4 960 2 264 3 255 2 285 7 233 6 554 14 346 48 165 10 534

180 867 3 854 4 824 4 644 19 318 40 084 3 110 4 090 2 860 3 593 2 182 7 480 6 761 14 039 53 990 10 038

157 174 2 772 4 258 2 631 20 394 37 759 3 014 4 141 1 828 3 378 2 907 4 166 4 733 10 798 45 203 9 192

501 000 9 736 13 295 10 900 55 437 111 256 9 401 13 191 6 952 10 226 7 374 18 879 18 048 39 183 147 358 29 764

-0,7 -2,2 -15,6 27,6 5,6 -2,9 -1,9 -17,7 14,5 -8,3 -27,3 -0,5 -15,6 -17,9 10,6 3,0

202 259 36 756 165 503

33 418 5 835 27 583

32 306 5 459 26 847

38 148 6 839 31 309

103 872 18 133 85 739

28 734 5 445 23 289

29 668 6 187 23 481

39 985 6 991 32 994

98 387 18 623 79 764

-5,3 2,7 -7,0

53 218 8 958 32 733 3 456 8 071

7 249 1 029 4 345 426 1 449

7 157 836 4 522 345 1 454

9 314 930 6 473 409 1 502

23 720 2 795 15 340 1 180 4 405

10 375 2 473 6 114 578 1 210

9 771 1 840 5 733 1 220 978

9 352 1 850 5 546 478 1 478

29 498 6 163 17 393 2 276 3 666

24,4 120,5 13,4 92,9 -16,8

North America Canada USA Central and South America Argentina Brazil Chile Other



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Oct

Nov

Dec

Qrt 4, 2016

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2017



63 029 53 335 9 528 166

10 307 8 422 1 846 39

8 893 7 421 1 447 25

16 021 12 829 3 149 43

35 221 28 672 6 442 107

10 048 8 762 1 264 22

7 697 7 041 642 14

10 063 8 860 1 180 23

27 808 24 663 3 086 59

-21,0 -14,0 -52,1 -44,9


28 588 3 889 14 847 3 803 6 049

5 133 290 3 520 444 879

4 176 449 2 093 693 941

3 522 257 1 851 330 1 084

12 831 996 7 464 1 467 2 904

4 295 336 2 158 848 953

4 265 262 2 408 621 974

7 197 2 295 2 817 867 1 218

15 757 2 893 7 383 2 336 3 145

22,8 190,5 -1,1 59,2 8,3

Asia China India Japan Malaysia Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Other

158 480 57 428 41 126 13 569 4 130 8 055 3 316 3 976 11 427 3 393 3 430 8 630

28 802 9 648 7 527 3 305 873 1 314 708 615 1 241 893 789 1 889

27 404 10 876 7 367 1 895 719 1 289 660 655 1 458 614 512 1 359

24 108 7 425 6 581 1 784 855 1 312 668 1 132 1 880 366 636 1 469

80 314 27 949 21 475 6 984 2 447 3 915 2 036 2 402 4 579 1 873 1 937 4 717

28 663 12 066 6 293 2 325 524 1 243 381 447 3 053 653 457 1 221

23 633 9 027 6 035 1 844 520 1 244 397 507 2 251 419 375 1 014

25 870 8 386 7 323 2 416 639 1 653 502 620 1 544 448 661 1 678

78 166 29 479 19 651 6 585 1 683 4 140 1 280 1 574 6 848 1 520 1 493 3 913

-2,7 5,5 -8,5 -5,7 -31,2 5,7 -37,1 -34,5 49,6 -18,8 -22,9 -17,0

Africa

3 730 497

599 180

558 193

704 297

1 861 670

794 677

518 937

555 213

1 868 827

0,4


3 637 204 26 202 319 714 14 148 881 576

582 324 3 413 50 515 2 000 146 591

542 058 3 880 52 739 1 886 122 185

688 599 4 723 88 907 3 898 135 921

1 812 981 12 016 192 161 7 784 404 697

780 275 5 720 40 604 2 167 227 031

503 261 4 459 37 797 2 108 119 441

540 687 4 007 49 152 2 089 130 407

1 824 223 14 186 127 553 6 364 476 879

0,6 18,1 -33,6 -18,2 17,8



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Mar

182 14 856 1 466 137 972 15 711 535 72 685 2 976 13 404 244 966

296 12 240 1 658 97 962 13 600 1 190 59 704 3 017 12 766 137 023

178 12 763 1 500 100 540 16 654 1 094 64 643 3 208 13 794 140 658

656 39 859 4 624 336 474 45 965 2 819 197 032 9 201 39 964 522 647

4,8 -7,2 -13,7 13,5 -24,2 -22,4 -12,1 -11,6 -14,0 3,4

48 689

14 402

15 676

14 526

44 604

-8,4

20 079 269 1 227 35 122 78 826 30 118 167 2 169 1 959 8 839 13 218 12 85 3 912

5 948 70 661 7 18 9 314 9 56 51 584 763 2 106 7 101 6 27 1 159

6 825 75 426 14 21 13 298 13 41 39 716 716 3 019 1 80 8 12 1 333

6 109 71 379 7 37 14 303 10 35 57 813 703 2 432 18 95 9 17 1 109

18 882 216 1 466 28 76 36 915 32 132 147 2 113 2 182 7 557 26 276 23 56 3 601

-6,0 -19,7 19,5 -20,0 -37,7 -53,8 10,8 6,7 11,9 -12,0 -2,6 11,4 -14,5 100,0 26,6 91,7 -34,1 -7,9

1 282 82 805 9 979 632 980 106 592 6 454 421 115 19 611 86 451 1 028 295

214 14 829 1 584 97 978 17 498 1 073 76 511 3 552 14 585 151 981

232 13 937 2 015 97 108 15 730 1 482 67 379 3 094 14 478 145 913

180 14 180 1 756 101 420 27 399 1 080 80 193 3 764 17 424 207 754

626 42 946 5 355 296 506 60 627 3 635 224 083 10 410 46 487 505 648

‘Other' African

93 293

16 856

16 135

15 698

East and Central Africa Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Kenya Réunion Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Somalia Uganda

38 961 485 2 693 63 198 114 1 741 62 250 314 4 282 4 141 16 396 39 494 35 141 7 513

6 559 65 477 14 73 20 285 11 40 54 763 569 2 670 10 79 6 41 1 382

6 305 67 400 13 29 14 234 14 28 52 728 466 3 078

7 215 137 350 8 20 44 307 5 50 61 678 924 3 091 3 75 2 22 1 438


64 4 22 1 092

Jan

Qrt 1, 2017


Feb

Nov

Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

Dec

Qrt 4, 2016

Oct


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Oct

Nov

Dec

Qrt 4, 2016

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2017


45 492 924 333 322 1 309 262 9 211 778 85 384 778 82 164 28 725 106 1 335 434 260

8 706 218 66 53 247 60 1 697 124 17 88 114 25 29 5 553 25 253 86 51

8 269 152 50 62 209 48 1 769 138 10 74 123 8 26 5 165 34 262 96 43

7 274 122 43 56 161 41 1 461 146 7 57 105 10 20 4 772 9 181 51 32

24 249 492 159 171 617 149 4 927 408 34 219 342 43 75 15 490 68 696 233 126

7 102 114 54 53 194 29 1 323 114 15 45 105 10 14 4 791 9 157 42 33

7 328 139 64 49 245 38 1 434 158 8 52 191 14 41 4 514 14 231 83 53

6 813 179 56 49 253 46 1 527 98 28 68 140 15 34 3 930 15 251 76 48

21 243 432 174 151 692 113 4 284 370 51 165 436 39 89 13 235 38 639 201 134

-12,4 -12,2 9,4 -11,7 12,2 -24,2 -13,1 -9,3 50,0 -24,7 27,5 -9,3 18,7 -14,6 -44,1 -8,2 -13,7 6,3


8 840 656 4 570 523 968 409 1 127 580 7

1 591 159 782 84 186 66 197 116 1

1 561 139 784 82 186 73 207 90 -

1 209 80 620 114 138 69 120 67 1

4 361 378 2 186 280 510 208 524 273 2

1 352 112 701 73 137 83 151 95 -

1 523 64 868 59 161 53 227 87 4

1 604 102 815 111 160 65 225 125 1

4 479 278 2 384 243 458 201 603 307 5

2,7 -26,5 9,1 -13,2 -10,2 -3,4 15,1 12,5 150,0

Unspecified

6 036

1 039

1 139

1 086

3 264

783

986

1 003

2 772

-15,1



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Total

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2016

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2017

% Change: 2016 – 2017

Total

5 343 220

1 012 641

803 770

904 594

2 721 005

1 040 534

775 824

805 857

2 622 215

-3,6

Overseas

1 435 866

214 903

234 707

235 640

685 250

245 074

255 901

249 641

750 616

9,5


961 808 18 490 26 294 21 363 95 558 212 738 18 475 25 972 14 406 21 622 14 216 34 594 34 330 72 857 294 997 55 896

144 130 2 902 3 749 3 413 11 728 28 944 2 708 4 617 2 022 3 529 2 074 5 625 5 424 11 980 46 264 9 151

163 283 3 144 4 305 4 118 14 463 35 779 2 626 4 245 2 746 3 681 1 952 6 003 6 157 12 849 52 280 8 935

153 395 2 708 4 945 2 932 13 930 36 759 3 740 3 919 2 686 4 186 2 816 4 087 4 701 8 845 49 095 8 046

460 808 8 754 12 999 10 463 40 121 101 482 9 074 12 781 7 454 11 396 6 842 15 715 16 282 33 674 147 639 26 132

162 959 3 110 4 213 3 625 15 725 33 413 3 277 4 960 2 264 3 255 2 285 7 233 6 554 14 346 48 165 10 534

180 867 3 854 4 824 4 644 19 318 40 084 3 110 4 090 2 860 3 593 2 182 7 480 6 761 14 039 53 990 10 038

157 174 2 772 4 258 2 631 20 394 37 759 3 014 4 141 1 828 3 378 2 907 4 166 4 733 10 798 45 203 9 192

501 000 9 736 13 295 10 900 55 437 111 256 9 401 13 191 6 952 10 226 7 374 18 879 18 048 39 183 147 358 29 764

8,7 11,2 2,3 4,2 38,2 9,6 3,6 3,2 -6,7 -10,3 7,8 20,1 10,8 16,4 -0,2 13,9


190 218 35 387 154 831

26 962 5 176 21 786

28 247 5 880 22 367

36 622 5 708 30 914

91 831 16 764 75 067

28 734 5 445 23 289

29 668 6 187 23 481

39 985 6 991 32 994

98 387 18 623 79 764

7,1 11,1 6,3

44 157 9 281 24 617 3 124 7 135

5 332 1 082 2 870 255 1 125

4 591 1 160 2 080 380 971

4 736 876 2 274 213 1 373

14 659 3 118 7 224 848 3 469

10 375 2 473 6 114 578 1 210

9 771 1 840 5 733 1 220 978

9 352 1 850 5 546 478 1 478

29 498 6 163 17 393 2 276 3 666

101,2 97,7 140,8 168,4 5,7




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Total

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2016

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2017

% Change: 2016 – 2017


55 837 48 112 7 623 102

10 011 8 508 1 494 9

7 875 6 616 1 251 8

10 143 8 325 1 792 26

28 029 23 449 4 537 43

10 048 8 762 1 264 22

7 697 7 041 642 14

10 063 8 860 1 180 23

27 808 24 663 3 086 59

-0,8 5,2 -32,0 37,2


28 342 5 178 13 278 4 106 5 780

3 466 226 1 812 621 807

3 844 320 2 122 523 879

5 275 1 739 1 961 626 949

12 585 2 285 5 895 1 770 2 635

4 295 336 2 158 848 953

4 265 262 2 408 621 974

7 197 2 295 2 817 867 1 218

15 757 2 893 7 383 2 336 3 145

25,2 26,6 25,2 32,0 19,4

Asia Bangladesh China India Japan Malaysia Pakistan Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Other

155 504 2 592 61 035 39 611 12 727 3 161 7 920 3 059 11 907 3 134 2 843 7 515

25 002 399 9 406 6 638 2 579 413 1 157 317 2 187 408 389 1 109

26 867 457 12 370 6 776 1 646 461 1 167 485 1 409 654 352 1 090

25 469 464 9 780 6 546 1 917 604 1 456 683 1 463 552 609 1 395

77 338 1 320 31 556 19 960 6 142 1 478 3 780 1 485 5 059 1 614 1 350 3 594

28 663 381 12 066 6 293 2 325 524 1 243 447 3 053 653 457 1 221

23 633 365 9 027 6 035 1 844 520 1 244 507 2 251 419 375 1 046

25 870 526 8 386 7 323 2 416 639 1 653 620 1 544 448 661 1 654

78 166 1 272 29 479 19 651 6 585 1 683 4 140 1 574 6 848 1 520 1 493 3 921

1,1 -3,6 -6,6 -1,5 7,2 13,9 9,5 6,0 35,4 -5,8 10,6 9,1

Africa

3 902 059

797 050

568 162

668 020

2 033 232

794 677

518 937

555 213

1 868 827

-8,1


3 812 836 27 137 291 941 13 362 969 711

782 002 5 565 44 458 2 493 209 403

553 013 4 006 44 280 2 366 128 739

653 598 3 380 75 650 2 139 154 690

1 988 613 12 951 164 388 6 998 492 832

780 275 5 720 40 604 2 167 227 031

503 261 4 459 37 797 2 108 119 441

540 687 4 007 49 152 2 089 130 407

1 824 223 14 186 127 553 6 364 476 879

-8,3 9,5 -22,4 -9,1 -3,2



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Jan

1 305 74 296 9 554 715 608 97 603 5 519 417 610 18 410 80 815 1 089 965

204 12 282 1 753 145 775 17 033 620 75 176 2 968 13 758 250 514

226 10 837 1 742 116 138 14 113 1 167 64 936 3 034 13 570 147 859

219 11 318 1 435 117 221 20 492 913 80 466 3 207 13 523 168 945

649 34 437 4 930 379 134 51 638 2 700 220 578 9 209 40 851 567 318

182 14 856 1 466 137 972 15 711 535 72 685 2 976 13 404 244 966

296 12 240 1 658 97 962 13 600 1 190 59 704 3 017 12 766 137 023

178 12 763 1 500 100 540 16 654 1 094 64 643 3 208 13 794 140 658

656 39 859 4 624 336 474 45 965 2 819 197 032 9 201 39 964 522 647

1,1 15,7 -6,2 -11,3 -11,0 4,4 -10,7 -0,1 -2,2 -7,9

Other' African

89 223

15 048

15 149

14 422

44 619

14 402

15 676

14 526

44 604

-0,03

East and Central Africa Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Kenya Réunion Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Somalia Uganda

36 081 496 2 972 81 121 81 1 970 58 261 291 3 880 4 429 14 125 52 531 51 133 6 549

5 812 80 632 23 12 9 317 4 45 64 450 780 2 097 21 104 6 21 1 147

5 839 139 421 8 13 23 412 8 44 37 655 806 2 301 1 85 9 26 851

5 548 61 453 22 20 13 326 14 40 43 662 661 2 170 4 66 13 30 950

17 199 280 1 506 53 45 45 1 055 26 129 144 1 767 2 247 6 568 26 255 28 77 2 948

5 948 70 661 7 18 9 314 9 56 51 584 763 2 106 7 101 6 27 1 159

6 825 75 426 14 21 13 298 13 41 39 716 716 3 019 1 80 8 12 1 333

6 109 71 379 7 37 14 303 10 35 57 813 703 2 432 18 95 9 17 1 109

18 882 216 1 466 28 76 36 915 32 132 147 2 113 2 182 7 557 26 276 23 56 3 601

9,8 -22,9 -2,7 -47,2 68,9 -20,0 -13,3 23,1 2,3 2,1 19,6 -2,9 15,1 0,0 8,2 -17,9 -27,3 22,2

Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe


Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2016

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2017

% Change: 2016 – 2017

Total


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Total

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2016

Jan

Feb

Mar

Qrt 1, 2017

% Change: 2016 – 2017

44 661 939 321 292 1 313 192 8 102 759 86 315 748 71 155 29 482 103 1 185 356 242

7 849 181 46 38 230 29 1 398 153 14 42 72 2 15 5 381 21 140 53 34

7 891 170 53 50 216 26 1 268 129 9 44 123 17 20 5 456 21 202 51 36

7 678 156 48 53 175 24 1 152 107 12 64 117 13 31 5 410 23 204 51 38

23 418 507 147 141 621 79 3 818 389 35 150 312 32 66 16 247 65 546 155 108

7 102 114 54 53 194 29 1 323 114 15 45 105 10 14 4 791 9 157 42 33

7 328 139 64 49 245 38 1 434 158 8 52 191 14 41 4 514 14 231 83 53

6 813 179 56 49 253 46 1 527 98 28 68 140 15 34 3 930 15 251 76 48

21 243 432 174 151 692 113 4 284 370 51 165 436 39 89 13 235 38 639 201 134

-9,3 -14,8 18,4 7,1 11,4 43,0 12,2 -4,9 45,7 10,0 39,7 21,9 34,8 -18,5 -41,5 17,0 29,7 24,1


8 481 586 4 604 398 853 379 1 068 583 10

1 387 103 779 75 108 70 161 91 -

1 419 96 904 35 124 48 158 53 1

1 196 109 537 45 163 60 146 132 4

4 002 308 2 220 155 395 178 465 276 5

1 352 112 701 73 137 83 151 95 -

1 523 64 868 59 161 53 227 87 4

1 604 102 815 111 160 65 225 125 1

4 479 278 2 384 243 458 201 603 307 5

11,9 -9,7 7,4 56,8 15,9 12,9 29,7 11,2 0,0

Unspecified

5 295

688

901

934

2 523

783

986

1 003

2 772

9,9



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Explanatory notes

NOTICE TO USERS Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has made changes in the Tourism and Migration statistical release starting from the January 2014 statistics. This change has become necessary as a result of the implementation of the enhanced Movement Control System (e-MCS) at the country’s ports of entry. Currently the new system (e-MCS) is operational at over 80% of the country’s ports of entry. The system roll-out is expected to be finalised by the end of 2016/17 financial year. The change affects the identification of Transit Travellers that are currently categorised under Direction instead of Purpose of Movement. The revision, Table 1 and Table 2 in the release now include a category for Transit while all tables reporting on tourists exclude transit travellers. 5.1

Introduction

Legal movements across South African borders as well as legal immigration into South Africa fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). Stats SA then processes, analyses and publishes this information. Administrative data sources from the DHA, that is, information from all the country’s ports of entry and applications for permanent residence, constitute the only comprehensive source of information on foreign arrivals and departures, documented immigrants and emigrants. The information from this source of data provides the best national coverage (both in terms of space and time) of the population movements of South African residents and foreign travellers. The data can be used for the following: •

To estimate, monitor and understand salient characteristics of foreign travellers and volumes of South African residents travelling outside South Africa.

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To provide information that can be used to (a) assess the extent of government’s progress in strengthening bilateral political and economic relations by assessing the number of international tourist arrivals; and (b) benchmark surveys focusing on demand for local tourism services by foreign travellers.

5.2

Purpose of the statistical release

This release reports on arrivals, departures and transit travellers of South African residents and foreign travellers. Detailed information on the age and sex distribution; mode of travel; national and regional distribution; and purpose of travel of overnight visitors or tourists are also provided. 5.3

Scope and coverage

The release covers data collected by DHA officials on travellers who entered the Republic of South Africa (RSA) 5.4

Data

Information published in this release is based on data obtained from the following data sources within the DHA: •

Data routinely collected by immigration officers at all road, air and sea entry ports on all travellers (South African residents and foreign travellers) arriving into or departing from South Africa are captured into the DHA’s population Movement Control System (MCS). The counts/statistics relate to the number of individual movements, rather than to the number of people. Hence, the multiple movements of individual people during the calendar month are each counted separately. Generally the data are collected directly from travel documents either by scanning or capturing onto the ports’ electronic database. No forms or cards are used (except in rare occasions when the capturing system is down) to collect information from travellers. Individual ports regularly transmit data onto the national database at the head office of the DHA.

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Stats SA receives downloaded data covering a particular calendar month from the DHA.



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As part of data interrogation, data from O.R. Tambo International Airport, which has the highest volume of travellers, are compared with passenger statistics from the Airport Company of South Africa (ACSA). As expected, in any specific month, an increase in the volume of passengers reported by ACSA is accompanied by an increase in the volume of travellers recorded by DHA. A similar pattern has also been observed when the volume of travellers decreased. In March 2017, the DHA data was 0,7% higher than that of ACSA. Limitations

The information on the total number of arrivals and departures of South African residents is collected from the scanning of passports. However, data are not collected from passengers on country visited; country of final destination, the duration of stay; intended duration of stay and purpose of visit. With this limitation, it is impossible to identify the number of tourists from the data on South African residents. 5.6

Definitions of terms

5.6.1

Definitions used by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)

Traveller is someone who moves between different geographical locations for any purpose and any duration. Visitor refers to any person travelling to a place other than that of his/her usual environment for less than 12 months and whose main purpose of the trip is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited. Same-day visitor is a visitor who visits a place for less than one night. Tourist (overnight visitor) is a visitor who stays at least one night in collective or private accommodation in the place visited. Tourism comprises the activities of persons travelling to, and staying in places outside their usual environment, for not more than one consecutive year, for leisure, business and other purposes. The usual environment of a person consists of a certain area around his/her place of residence, plus all other places he/she frequently visits. 5.6.2

Definitions used specifically in this release

South African resident refers to either a South African citizen or a non-South African citizen with a South African permanent residence permit. Foreign traveller refers to a traveller who is not a South African citizen or permanent resident. Region refers to the following country classification: –

Overseas: Europe, North America, Central and South America, Australasia, the Middle East and Asia.

–

Africa: SADC and 'other' Africa (East and Central Africa, West Africa and North Africa).

Country refers to individual countries within a region. The country of residence is used. The country of residence should not be confused with the country from which the visitor travelled. Africa refers to all the countries in Africa (both mainland and island countries). SADC refers to the fourteen countries, excluding South Africa, which belong to the Southern African Development Community. 'Other' African refers to all non-SADC African countries. Overseas refers to all countries outside Africa. Trip refers to the arrival and departure of a visitor in a specified month.



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Symbols used - = nil < = less than

6.

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