Overseas arrivals to South Africa were up 16% year on year in January, according to the latest figures released by Stats SA this week. Total international arrivals were also up in January by 15%. SA saw a record 1 012 641 arrivals in January 2016.
Total international arrivals for 2015 were down 7% compared with 2014, while overseas arrivals dropped 5% on 2014’s figures. However, SA started experiencing a growth in overseas arrivals from November last year. Both November and December saw year-on-year growth in overseas arrivals of 6%.
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South Africa’s key source markets all experienced significant growth in January, with arrivals from the UK, US and Germany up 16%, 11% and 22% respectively. Arrivals from The Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and France were all up.
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Arrivals from China, which have been seeing growth since September last year, were up 93%, while India saw an 11% increase in arrivals. Arrivals from Brazil were down 8%.
Arrivals from Africa were up 15%, with SADC arrivals also up 15%.
