Sunday 2 October 2016

4.9 Million tourists to South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA continues to enjoy a strong growth in tourist arrivals with a 15.4% increase overall for the first six months of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015.

Acting Chief Executive Officer of South African Tourism, Sthembiso Dlamini, is delighted with these results, “#Tourism continues to grow in #SouthAfrica. We are really excited by the significant growth we have seen out of Asia as China is one of our key source markets. We are also delighted to see the growth on tourist arrivals from the rest of Africa. In a difficult 2015, we continued to focus on building brand South Africa and we are pleased to see this paying off. The overall growth speaks volumes about the efforts made by private and public industry stakeholders to further enhance travel opportunities to the country.”

“The positive increase is central to what we aspire to achieve as a country – to create more jobs, have a sustainable and transformed industry that can accommodate more tourists, as well ensure that our industry continues to contribute positively to the GDP,” Dlamini concluded.



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