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This portal for the South African Tourism Sector is a collaborative knowledge sharing initiative. Our world is constantly changing due to factors such as global economic upheaval and technological developments. This impacts on sustainability in the Tourism Sector and requires insights and knowledge in order to position ourselves to take advantage of opportunities and mitigate risks. The purpose of this Knowledge Portal is to enable those of us in the Tourism Sector to keep abreast of the latest tourism news and current perspectives gained from recently-conducted research and statistical analyses, to enable us to create and share innovative ideas and practices.

A total of 1 040 534 tourist arrivals were recorded for January 2017, which is an increase of 2.8% (27 893 tourists) compared to the same month of the previous year.

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GDP

Source: TSA, Report No. 04-05-07 Published February 2016 STATSSA

	2012 (Final)	2013(Preliminary)	2014(Preliminary)
Direct contribution of tourism to GDP	93 750	101 730	111 560
% contribution of tourism to GDP	2.9 %	2.9 %	2.9 %

Employment

Source: TSA, STATSSA

	2012 (Final)	2013 (Preliminary)	2014(Preliminary)
Direct contribution to employment	646 390	655 587	680 817
% contribution of tourism to employment	4.5 %	4.4 %	4.5 %

Tourism sector vs traditional industries (Value Added) (%)

Source: TSA, STATSSA

Industry	2011	2012	2013	2014
Electricity, gas and water	3.2	3.6	3.7	3.7
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.5
Construction	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.1
Tourism	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0
Mining and quarrying	9.6	9.2	9.0	8.4
Transport and communication	9.5	10.0	10.0	10.0
Wholesale and retail trade	14.9	15.0	14.8	14.8
Manufacturing	13.3	13.1	13.2	13.3
Finance, real estate and business service	20.7	20.6	20.3	20.5
Community and social services	16.5	16.4	16.8	22.7

Tourism sector vs traditional industries (Employment) (%)

Source: TSA, STATSSA

Industry	2011	2012	2013	2014
Electricity, gas and water	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.8
Mining and quarrying	2.4	2.6	2.8	2.8
Tourism	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.5
Transport and communication	5.8	6.0	6.1	6.2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	4.6	4.8	5.0	4.6
Construction	7.9	7.6	7.7	8.2
Private hh	8.7	8.6	8.3
Finance, real estate and business services	12.9	13.2	13.4	13.4
Manufacturing	13.3	12.6	12.2	11.6
Community and social services	21.5	22.2	22.5	23.1
Wholesale and retail trade	22.4	21.8	21.1	21.1

Domestics (2015)

*Source: Highlights of domestic tourism’s performance in 2014
*Source: 2015 Annual Report v8 0706201

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total domestic travellers	12.5 Million	12.0 Million (-4% from 2012)	*12.0 Million	*12.4 Million
Total number of domestic trips	25.4 Million	25.2 Million	28.0 Million	25.4 Million
Average domestic spend per domestic trip	R850	R980	R950	R960
Average domestic spend per domestic Day	R180	R210	R230	R230
Total Annual spend	R21.8 Billion	R24.3 Billion	R26.8 Billion	R23.6 Billion
Average length of stay per trip	4.8 nights	4.4 nights	4.0 nights	4.2 nights

Tourist Arrivals (2015)

Source: 2014 SAT Table B - December 2014
Source: 2015 SAT Table B - December 2015

Indicator	2015	2014	Difference	%
Total Africa arrivals	6 746 114	7 279 814	-533 700	-7.3%
Total overseas arrivals	2 144 988	2 254 709	-109 721	-4.9%
Grand Total	8 903 773	9 549 236	-645 463	-6.8%

Global Performance (2015)

Source: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2016-01-18

Total global Tourist arrivals	1.2 billion
Total global Tourist percentage change %	4.4%
Prediction for 2016	4%

Top Destinations

Source: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Tourism highlight 2015 edition

World's Top Tourism Destinations	Million		Change
Rank	2013	2014	13/12	14/13
1. France	83.6	83.7	2.0	0.1
2. United States	70.0	74.8	5.0	6.8
3. Spain	60.7	65.0	5.6	7.1
4. China	55.7	55.6	-3.5	-0.1
5. Italy	47.7	48.6	2.9	1.8
6. Turkey	37.8	39.8	5.9	5.3
7. Germany	31.5	33.0	3.7	4.6
8. United Kingdom	31.1	32.6	6.1	5.0
9. Russian Federation	28.4	29.8	10.2	5.3
10. Mexico	24.2	29.1	3.2	20.5

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