Tourism Statistics in South Africa

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Tourism employment

5,782+74.3% vs 2021

Tourism share of direct employment

5.7%+1.0 pp vs 2023

All Tourism datasets for South Africa (15)

Dataset	Source
Inbound tourism OECD	OECD	+21.2%
Outbound tourism OECD	OECD	−3.5%
Domestic tourism OECD	OECD	−9.9%
Enterprises and employment in tourism OECD	OECD	+74.3%
Receipts and expenditure OECD	OECD	+26.2%
Key tourism economic indicators OECD	OECD	+21.3%
Internal tourism consumption OECD	OECD	−16.2%
International tourism, number of arrivals World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−73.7%
International tourism, receipts (current US$) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−70%
International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−83.8%
International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−75.6%
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−68.9%
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−70.5%
International tourism, expenditures (current US$) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−72.8%
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−64.3%

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