SOUTH Africa enjoyed another month of increased arrivals for February according to Statistics South Africa. Total arrivals for the month saw a 10,2% increase from overseas and African markets.
A 6,7% increase in overseas arrivals compares with 5,5% in January this year. Overall, key source markets were up except the UK and Netherlands markets, which underwent a slight increase and decrease respectively.
The key overseas source markets for February were:
- UK was little changed, from 59 425 to 59 901
- Germany, up 3,3% from 28 179 to 29 109
- USA, up 13,6% from 17 680 to 20 094
- Netherlands, little change from 12 040 to 12 038
- France, up 21,5% from 10 975 to 13 332
- Australia, up 12,8% from 6 552 to 7 393
- Sweden, up 10,4% from 5 528 to 6 106
- Canada, up 18,4% from 5 016 to 5 939
- India, up 13,4% from 3 776 to 4 282
- China, up 41,2% from 3 730 to 5 268
African arrival rates increased by 11,3%, with an 11,2% increase from SADC countries. Lesotho dominated arrivals with the biggest numbers, constituting 20,4% of the total arrivals for February.
The key African source markets for February were:
- Lesotho, up 4,7% from 151 489 to 158 585
- Mozambique, up 17,5% from 84 377 to 99 111
- Zimbabwe, up 25,8% from 72 914 to 91 704
- Swaziland, up 6,8% from 73 932 to 78 982
- Botswana, up 3,2% from 53 732 to 55 441
- Namibia, up 10% from 14 300 to 15 734
- Zambia, up 13,1% from 13 352 to 15 104
- Malawi, up 22% from 10 429 to 12 723
- Angola, up 12,9% from 2 499 to 2 822
- Kenya, up 11,1% from 2 126 to 2361
