International tourists arriving in South Africa annually
The number of tourists arriving in South Africa per year by air, sea and land. Data includes a breakdown on purpose of visit: holiday or business.
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The data
16 rows, 5 columns.
- date Date
- Date of the data in the format of year-month-day 2010-12-31 – 2025-12-31
- year Year
- Year of the data 2010 – 2025
- holiday Number
- Total tourists arriving in South Africa for that year for a holiday 2057435 – 10211927
- business Number
- Total tourists arriving in South Africa for that year for business 85927 – 334900
- total_tourists Number
- Total tourists arriving in South Africa for that year by air, sea and land 2255699 – 10498506
Latest rows
| date | year | holiday | business | total_tourists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2025 | 10211927 | 235799 | 10498506 |
| 2024-12-31 | 2024 | 8640446 | 239617 | 8919370 |
| 2023-12-31 | 2023 | 8181759 | 251198 | 8483333 |
| 2022-12-31 | 2022 | 5430412 | 222353 | 5698062 |
| 2021-12-31 | 2021 | 2057435 | 163047 | 2255699 |
| 2020-12-31 | 2020 | 2689324 | 85927 | 2802320 |
| 2019-12-31 | 2019 | 9947219 | 209492 | 10228593 |
| 2018-12-31 | 2018 | 10149339 | 242417 | 10472105 |
| 2017-12-31 | 2017 | 9951424 | 254653 | 10285197 |
| 2016-12-31 | 2016 | 9706602 | 255932 | 10044163 |
| 2015-12-31 | 2015 | 8503325 | 325355 | 8903773 |
| 2014-12-31 | 2014 | 9141798 | 334900 | 9549236 |
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