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     Jan2017

    SUMMARY ANALYSIS: JANUARY 2017


    TOTAL INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS

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

    Figure 1: Total International Tourist Arrivals Jan 2017 vs. Jan 2016

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    REGIONAL TOURISM PERFORMANCE

    Table 1 provides the regional tourism performance for South Africa's international tourist arrivals.

    December 2016 compared to January 2017

    Comparing January 2017 to December 2016 (refer to Table 1) there was a 7.8%
    (75 427) increase in international tourist arrivals in January 2017 compared to December 2016. Performance by Region shows that the Middle East increased by 28.1% followed by Asia (18.8%), South America (11.4%), and Africa (Air and Land) by 13%. There was a decline in Australasia (37.3%), North America (24.7%) and Europe (3.7%).

    Table 1: Comparison of international tourist arrivals by regions

     

    December 2016 compared to

     January 2017

     

    Jan 2016 Compared to Jan 2017

     

    Region

    December

    2016

    January

    2017

    January

    2016

    EUROPE167 173160 913142 033
    NORTH AMERICA38 14828 73426 962
    CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA9 31410 3755 332
    AUSTRALASIA16 02210 05210 023
    ASIA24 12928 67525 007
    MIDDLE EAST4 9386 3255 546
    AFRICA (Air and Land)701 458792 669794 656
    OVERSEAS TOTAL259 724245 074214 903
    TOTAL AFRICA (Total Africa Land+ Africa Air+ Indian Ocean Islands) 704 297794 677797 050
    GRAND TOTAL965 1071 040 5341 012 641

     

    January 2017 compared to January 2016

    When comparing January 2017 to January 2016, an increase in international tourist arrivals is evident for most regions. International tourist arrivals from overseas increased by 14% (from 214 903 to 245 074) while international tourist arrivals from Total Africa declined by 0.3% (from 797 050 to 794 677). Central and South America increased by 94.6%, followed by Asia (14.7%), Middle East (14%), Europe (13.3%) and North America (6.6%). Africa (including air and land regions) declined by 0.3%.

    Table 2: South Africa's Top 20 Source Markets: January 2017 vs. January 2016

     JANUARY  2016JANUARY  2017  
    Rank Country Tourist Arrivals CountryTourist Arrivals % Growth Rank
    1Zimbabwe250 514Zimbabwe244 966-2.21
    2Lesotho209 403Lesotho227 0318.42
    3Mozambique145 775Mozambique137 972-5.43
    4Swaziland75 176Swaziland72 685-3.34
    5UK46 264UK48 1654.15
    6Botswana44 458Botswana40 604-8.76
    7Germany28 944Germany33 41315.47
    8USA21 786USA23 2896.98
    9Namibia17 033France15 72534.19
    10Zambia13 758Namibia15 711-7.810
    11Malawi12 282Malawi14 8562111
    12Netherlands11 980Netherlands14 34619.712
    13France11 728Zambia13 404-2.613
    14China (including Hong Kong)9 420China (including Hong Kong)12 08328.314
    15Australia8 508Australia8 7623.015
    16India6 638Sweden7 23328.616
    17Sweden5 625Switzerland6 55420.817
    18Angola5 565India6 293-5.218
    19Switzerland5 424Brazil6 11411319
    20Nigeria5 381Angola5 7202.820

     

    Comparing January 2017 with January 2016, Zimbabwe remained the largest African source market for international tourist arrivals for South Africa while Namibia dropped from the 09th to 10th position and Zambia from 10th to 13th position. Angola became a new entry replacing Nigeria in the top 20 source markets in January 2017.

    For the Overseas source markets for international tourist arrivals, January 2017 compared to January 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) remained the largest overseas market while France replaced Namibia by moving up from the13th to 09th position. Sweden moved up from the 17th to 16th position, Switzerland from 19th to 17th position, India dropped from the 16th to 18th position and China (including Hong Kong) from the 15th to 16th in the top twenty countries' list. In addition, Brazil moved into the top 20 markets as South Africa's 19th largest source market for international tourist arrivals.

     Jul-Sep2016

    SUMMARY ANALYSIS JULY 2016

    TOTAL TOURIST ARRIVALS

    A total of 822 416 tourist arrivals were recorded for July 2016, which is an increase of 12.2% (89 525) compared to the same month of the previous year (refer to figure 1 below). There was an increase of 131 002 tourists in July 2016 compared to June 2016. This brings the total tourist arrivals for the period January-July 2016, to 5 791 504, which is an increase of 14.9% (751 388) compared to the same period of the previous year.

    Figure 1: Total Tourist Arrivals Jan-July 2015 versus Jan-July 2016

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    Table 1 below shows that all regions experienced an increase in tourist arrivals in July 2016 compared to June 2016. When comparing July 2016 with July 2015, an increase in tourist arrivals is evident for all regions: Asia increased by 47.7%, followed by Middle East (35.1), North America (26.1%), Central and South America (24.4%), Europe (17.5%), Australasia (16.4%). The least increase was recorded in Total Africa including Indian Ocean Islands (9%).

    June2016 compared to July 2016

     

    July 2015 Compared to July 2016

     

    Jan-July 2016 compared to Jan-July 2015

     

    Region

    June

    2016

    July

    2016

    July

    2015

    Jan-July 2016 Jan-July 2015
    EUROPE 58104 106690 90775 804063 698667
    NORTH AMERICA 34631 41069 32580 234068 196677
    CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA 3661 6029 4848 33400 28239
    AUSTRALASIA 10318 11759 10104 70452 63067
    ASIA 25857 27711 18768 189368 133625
    MIDDLE EAST 3209 7643 5658 39698 28978
    OVERSEAS TOTAL 135780 200901 162733 1371049 1149253
    TOTAL AFRICA 554811 618292 569139 4413946 3883625
    GRAND TOTAL 691414 822416 732891 5791503 5040116

     

    TOURIST MARKETS

    Table 1: Total Tourist Arrivals by Region July 2016

    Table 2 shows that all South Africa's major overseas markets performed well in July 2016. Amongst traditional overseas markets, the USA grew by 19.8%, while Germany increased by 21.1% and the UK by 11.7% from Jan-July 2016.  Non-traditional source markets like India (28.1%) and China (63.7%) also experienced growth during the same period.

     

     July  2015July 2016 
    Rank Country Tourist Arrivals CountryTourist Arrivals Rank
    1Zimbabwe158287Lesotho1623921
    2Lesotho124988Zimbabwe1457762
    3Mozambique98686Mozambique979103
    4Swaziland68271Swaziland803534
    5Botswana50671Botswana607885
    6UK29486USA365966
    7USA29076UK309377
    8Namibia17164Netherlands175038
    9Netherlands15326Namibia163869
    10Zambia14254Zambia1510110
    11Malawi11962Malawi1341411
    12Germany10609Germany1327912
    13France8795France1231513
    14Australia8242Australia958214
    15India6095China (including Hong Kong)885815
    16China (including Hong Kong)5402India785616
    17Nigeria4980Nigeria586917
    18Italy4181Belgium533218
    19Belgium4098Italy528119
    20Canada3504Canada447320

      

    TOURIST MARKETS

    Table 1: Total Tourist Arrivals by Region July 2016

    Table 2 shows that all South Africa's major overseas markets performed well in July 2016. Amongst traditional overseas markets, the USA grew by 19.8%, while Germany increased by 21.1% and the UK by 11.7% from Jan-July 2016.  Non-traditional source markets like India (28.1%) and China (63.7%) also experienced growth during the same period.

    Table 2: South Africa's Top 20 Source Markets: July 2016 compared to July 2015

    For July 2016, Lesotho was the largest African source market while the USA was the largest overseas source market for South Africa. Compared to July 2015, the Netherlands moved from the 9th to 8th source market replacing Namibia. China replaced India by moving from 16th place to become South Africa's 15th source market. Belgium replaced Italy, becoming South Africa's 18th source market.  For overseas markets, the highest increase in tourists was from China (64%) moving from 5402 in July 2015 to 8858 in 2016. France also had an additional 3520 tourists visiting South Africa in July 2016 compared to July 2015 which is a 40% increase. Lesotho experienced the highest increase for the African markets with an additional 37 404 tourists which is a 29.9% increase from July 2015.

     Aug2016

    SUMMARY ANALYSIS: AUGUST 2016

    TOTAL TOURIST ARRIVALS

    A total of 833 638 tourist arrivals were recorded for August 2016, which is an increase of 14% (102 390) compared to the same month of the previous year (refer to figure 1 below). There was an increase of 11 222 tourists in August 2016 compared to July 2016. This brings the total tourist arrivals for the period January-August 2016, to 6 625 141, which is an increase of 14.8% (853 778) compared to the same period of the previous year.

    Figure 1: Total Tourist Arrivals Jan-Aug 2016 versus Jan-Aug 2016

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    Table 1 below shows that all regions, except North America, and Central and South America, experienced an increase in tourist arrivals in August 2016 compared to July 2016.   

    When comparing August 2016 with August 2015, an increase in tourist arrivals is evident for all regions: Middle East increased by 55%, followed by Asia (37.9%), Central and South America (24.9%), Europe (22.3%) and Australasia (12.2%). The least increase was recorded in Total Africa (11.9%) and North America (10.4%). Interestingly, an increase in tourist arrivals is also recorded for all regions when comparing the period January-August 2016 with January-August 2015.

    Interestingly, an increase in tourist arrivals is also recorded for all regions when comparing the period January-August 2016 with January-August 2015. Asia increased by 41.2%, Middle East (39.6%), Central and South America (19%), North America (17.9%), North America (15.9%) ad Total Africa (13.4%).

    TOURIST MARKETS

    Table 1: Total Tourist Arrivals by Region: August 2016

     

    July 2016 compared to August 2016

     

    August 2016 Compared to August 2015

     

    Jan-August 2016 compared to Jan-August 2015

     

    Region July 2016

    August

    2016

    August

    2015

    Jan-August 2016 Jan-August 2015
    EUROPE 106690 116 643 95 406 920706 794 073
    NORTH AMERICA 41069 33 425 30 280 267493 226 957
    CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA 6029 4 520 3 618 37920 31 857
    AUSTRALASIA 11759 11 369 10 136 81821 73 203
    ASIA 27711 29 767 21 584 219135 155 209
    MIDDLE EAST 7643 7 697 4 966 47395 33 944
    OVERSEAS TOTAL 200901 203 421 165 990 1574470 1 315 243
    TOTAL AFRICA 618292 629 348 562 257 5043294 4 447 897
    GRAND TOTAL 822416 833 638 731 248 6625141 5 771 364

    Table 2 shows that all South Africa’s major overseas markets performed well in August 2016. Amongst traditional overseas markets, the USA grew by 18.6%, while Germany increased by 20.7% and the UK by 11.5% from January-August 2016. Non-traditional source markets also experienced high growth during the same period, such as China (64.1%) and India (27%).

    Table 2: South Africa's Top 20 Source Markets: August 2016 compared to August 2015

     

     August  2015August 2016 
    Rank Country Tourist Arrivals CountryTourist Arrivals Rank
    1Zimbabwe140931Zimbabwe1887501
    2Lesotho120861Lesotho1374652
    3Mozambique105096Mozambique985373
    4Swaziland81679Swaziland805984
    5Botswana47027Botswana478755
    6UK28540UK313516
    7USA26635USA294747
    8Namibia18482Germany187928
    9Germany15993Namibia173349
    10Zambia12130Netherlands1466910
    11Malawi10735Malawi1441011
    12Netherlands9774Zambia1431712
    13France9685France1269313
    14Italy8704China (including Hong Kong)1193314
    15Australia8529Italy1119815
    16China (including Hong Kong)7183Australia951816
    17India6126India729917
    18Nigeria5241Nigeria649418
    19Spain4038Spain611719
    20Angola4021Belgium409520

     

    For August 2016, Zimbabwe and the UK were the largest African and overseas source markets for South Africa respectively, maintaining the same trend of August 2015. Compared to August 2015, Germany moved from the 9th to 8th source market, replacing Namibia. The Netherlands replaced Zambia by becoming South Africa's 10th source market from the 12th position. Moreover, China (including Hong Kong) replaced Italy, becoming South Africa's 14th source market, and Belgium entered the top 20 source markets. For overseas markets, the highest increase in tourist arrivals was from China (66.1%) with a record of 11933 tourist arrivals in August 2016 compared to 7183 in August 2015.

    Although Saudi Arabia does not fall in the top 20 source markets, it experienced an additional 1602 tourists visiting South Africa in August 2016, from 684 in August 2015 to 2286 tourists in August 2016

     Nov-Jan2017

     

    SUMMARY ANALYSIS: NOVEMBER 2016

    TOTAL TOURIST ARRIVALS

    A total of 809 349 tourist arrivals were recorded for November 2016, which is an increase of 4.5% (34 971 tourists) compared to the same month of the previous year (see figure 1 below). However, there was a decrease of 41 607 tourists (a percentage decline of 4.9%) in November 2016 compared to October 2016. This brings the total tourist arrivals for the period January-November 2016 to 9 079 056, which is an increase of 13.3% (1 068 003)  compared to the same period of the previous year.

    Figure 1: Total Tourist Arrivals Jan-Nov 2016 vs. Jan-Nov 2016

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    Comparing November 2016 to October 2016 (refer to Table 1), only Europe experienced an increase by of 2.1% in tourist arrivals compared to all other regions, while Australasia experienced the highest decline of 3.7%. When comparing November 2016 to November 2015, an increase in tourist arrivals is evident for most regions with an exception of Australasia and Asia. Central and South America increased by 77.8%, followed by Middle East (34.3%), Europe (16.2%), North America (4.9%) and Africa (1.1%). For total Africa Air, there was an increase of tourist arrivals from 25 144 to 34 751, an increase of 38.2%. An increase in tourist arrivals is also recorded for all regions when comparing the period January-November 2016 to January-November 2015. Middle East increased by 37.1%, Asia (32.8%), Central and South America (28.3%), Europe (16.6%), North America (15.6%), Australasia (11.6%) and Africa (11.6 %.)    

    TOURIST MARKETS

    Table 1: Total Tourist Arrivals by Region November 2016

    November 2016 compared to

     October 2016

     

    November 2015 Compared to November 2016

     

    Jan-Nov 2016 compared to Jan-Nov 2015

     

    Region

    October

    2016

    November

    2016

    November

    2015

    Jan-Nov 2016 Jan-Nov 2015
    EUROPE 164700 168222 144788 1358663 1165497
    NORTH AMERICA 33418 32306 30794 368044 318336
    CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA 7249 7157 4025 58232 45394
    AUSTRALASIA 10311 8894 8986 115888 103802
    ASIA 28814 27411 28069 303901 228877
    MIDDLE EAST 6245 6027 4 487 66594 48 559
    OVERSEAS TOTAL 250737 250017 221 149 2271322 1 910 465
    TOTAL AFRICA AIR (Africa Air+ Indian Oceans Islands+ Middle East) 34937 34751 25144 273143 259378
    TOTAL AFRICA (Total Africa Land+ Africa Air+ Indian Ocean Islands) 599180 558139 551927 6797215 6088827
    GRAND TOTAL 850956 809349 774378 9079056 8011053

     

    Table 2 below shows that all South Africa's major overseas markets performed well in November 2016. For the period Jan-Nov 2016 compared to Jan-Nov 2015, there was growth evident for the traditional overseas markets. The USA grew by 16.8%, Germany and the UK by 22.2% and 11.8% respectively.  During the same period, non-traditional source markets like China and India also experienced high growth of 42.7% and 23.3% respectively.

    Table 2: South Africa's Top 20 Source Markets: November 2016 vs. November

     

     November  2015November 2016 
    Rank Country Tourist Arrivals CountryTourist Arrivals Rank
    1Zimbabwe145854Zimbabwe1459131
    2Lesotho122578Lesotho1221852
    3Mozambique98003Mozambique971083
    4Swaziland67509Swaziland673794
    5Botswana47802Botswana527395
    6UK35641Germany424896
    7Germany35370UK400867
    8USA24429USA268478
    9Namibia16862France195319
    10France15103Namibia1573010
    11Netherlands13340Netherlands1572611
    12Zambia13113Zambia1447812
    13China (including Hong Kong)12548Malawi1393713
    14Malawi12479China (including Hong Kong)1088414
    15India7767Australia742115
    16Australia7539India736716
    17Switzerland6739Switzerland719217
    18Canada6365Sweden608918
    19Belgium4877Canada545919
    20Sweden4782Nigeria516520

    For the Africa source markets, Zimbabwe remained the largest African source market, and   Nigeria moved into the top twenty countries' list in November 2016 (see Table 2).  For the Overseas markets, Germany moved a position up replacing UK as the largest overseas market for South Africa. The highest increase in tourist arrivals from traditional overseas markets was from France (4428, equivalent to 29.3%), when comparing November 2016 to the same period last year.  Belgium dropped its position in the top twenty countries' list, while Nigeria entered the list at position 20.

     Sep-Nov2016

    SUMMARY ANALYSIS: SEPTEMBER 2016

    TOTAL TOURIST ARRIVALS

    A total of 793 610 tourist arrivals were recorded for September 2016, which is an increase of 10.7% (76 860) compared to the same month of the previous year (refer to figure 1 below). There was a decrease 40 028 tourists in September 2016 compared to August 2016. This brings the total tourist arrivals for the period January-September 2016, to 6 625 141, which is an increase of 14.3% (930 637) compared to the same period of the previous year.

    Figure 1: Total Tourist Arrivals Jan-Sept 2015 versus Jan-Sept 2016

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    Table 1 below shows that all regions experienced a decline in tourist arrivals when comparing September 2016 to August 2016 therefore there was a decline of 4.8% (40028) in total tourist arrivals. When comparing September 2016 with September 2015, an increase in tourist arrivals is evident for all regions: Australasia increased by 25.6%, followed by Asia (25.2%), Central and South America (23.2%), North America (18.4%) Europe (15.2%) and Middle East (14.2%). The least increase was recorded in Total Africa (8.5%). For total Africa Air there was an increase of 2.7% moving from 32531 to 31690 tourist arrivals. Interestingly, an increase in tourist arrivals is also recorded for all regions when comparing the period January-September 2016 with January-September 2015. Asia increased by 39.1%, Middle East (35.8%), Central and South America (19.6%), North America (17.9%), Total Africa (12.9%). For this period, there was an increase of 10.8% for total Africa moving from 267407 to 296228 tourist arrivals.    

    TOURIST MARKETS

    Table 1: Total Tourist Arrivals by Region September 2016

     

    August 2016 compared to September 2016

     

    September 2015 Compared to September 2016

     

    Jan-September2016 compared to Jan-September 2015

     

    Region

    September

    2016

    September

    2015

    Jan-September 2016 Jan-September 2015
    EUROPE 116 643 105035 91143 1025741 885216
    NORTH AMERICA 33 425 34827 29411 302320 256368
    CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA 4 520 5906 4794 43826 36654
    AUSTRALASIA 11 369 14862 11834 96683 85037
    ASIA 29 767 28541 22804 247676 178013
    MIDDLE EAST 7 697 6927 6064 54322 40008
    OVERSEAS TOTAL 203 421 196098 166053 1770568 1481296
    TOTAL AFRICA AIR (Africa Air+ Indian Oceans Islands Middle East) 37 759 32531 31690 296228 267407
    TOTAL AFRICA (Total Africa Land+ Africa Air+ Indian Ocean Islands) 629 348 596 548 549 625 5639842 4997522
    GRAND TOTAL 833 638 793 610 716 750 7418751 6488114

    Table 2 shows that all South Africa's major overseas markets performed well in September 2016. Amongst traditional overseas markets, the USA grew by 18.6%, while Germany increased by 21.2% and the UK by 11.4% from Jan-September 2016. Non-traditional source markets like China (58%) and India (26.6%) also experienced high growth during the same period.

    Table 2: South Africa's Top 20 Source Markets: September 2016 compared to September 2015

     

     September  2015September 2016 
    Rank Country Tourist Arrivals CountryTourist Arrivals Rank
    1Zimbabwe151454Zimbabwe1522641
    2Lesotho107998Lesotho1379322
    3Mozambique99730Mozambique942073
    4Swaziland66065Swaziland753744
    5Botswana56983Botswana654405
    6UK26438USA299476
    7USA25191UK293667
    8Germany18375Germany230858
    9Namibia16590Namibia166369
    10Zambia13043Zambia1463410
    11Malawi12136Malawi1445711
    12Australia10086Australia1251112
    13Netherlands9168Netherlands1180813
    14China (including Hong Kong)8276China (including Hong Kong)1018214
    15France8214France867315
    16India6274India772716
    17Nigeria5427Canada488017
    18Italy4693Nigeria467318
    19Canada4220Italy466919
    20Angola3898Switzerland376720

      

    For the Africa source markets, Zimbabwe remained the largest African source market while   Nigeria dropped from 17th place in September 2015 to 18th place in September 2016.  For the Overseas markets, the USA replaced UK as the largest overseas source market for South Africa while Switzerland moved to the top 20 source markets in September 2016. The highest increase in tourist arrivals from traditional overseas markets was Germany  (25.6%)  moving from 18 375 in September 2015 to 23 085 in September 2016.

     Jun-Aug2016

    SUMMARY ANALYSIS JUNE 2016

    TOTAL TOURIST ARRIVALS

    A total of 691 414 tourist arrivals were recorded for June 2016, which is an increase of 13.3% (81 322) compared to the same month of the previous year (refer to figure 1 below). There was a decrease of 69 335 tourists in June 2016 compared to May 2016. This brings the total tourist arrivals to 4 969 088 for the period January-June 2016, which is an increase of 15.4% (66 182) compared to the same period of the previous year.

    Figure 1: Total Tourist Arrivals Jan-June 2015 versus Jan 2016 

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    Table 1 below shows that all regions except Australasia experienced a decrease in tourist arrivals in June 2016 compared to May 2016. When comparing June 2016 with June 2015, an increase in tourist arrivals for all regions is evident. Asia increased by 52.9%, followed by North America (17.7%), Central and South America (16.7%), Total Africa including Indian Ocean Islands (12.1%), Europe (11.7%), and Australasia (11.5%). The least increase was in Middle East (9.8%).    

    TOURIST MARKETS

    Table 1: Total Tourist Arrivals by Region June 2016 compared to May 2016

     

    May 2016 compared to June 2016

     

    June 2015 Compared to June 2016

     

    Jan-June 2016 compared to Jan-June 2015

     

    Region

    May

    2016

    June

    2016

    June

    2015

    Jan-June 2016 Jan-June 2015
    EUROPE 74360 58104 52038 697373 607892
    NORTH AMERICA 35872 34631 29421 192999 164097
    CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA 4445 3661 3136 27371 23391
    AUSTRALASIA 9325 10318 9257 58693 52963
    ASIA 31641 25857 16915 161657 114857
    MIDDLE EAST 4984 3209 2922 32055 23320
    OVERSEAS TOTAL 160627 135780 113689 1170148 986520
    TOTAL AFRICA 598 997 554811 495143 3793492 3314486
    GRAND TOTAL 760 749 691414 610092 4969087 4307225

    Table 2 below shows that all South Africa's major overseas markets performed well in June 2016. Amongst traditional overseas markets, the USA has grown by 18.6%, while Germany increased by 20.7% and the UK by 12.7% from Jan-June 2016. Non-traditional source markets like India (40.3%) and China (97.8%) have also experienced the highest growth during the same period. Also interesting to note is the number of tourists from China who almost doubled in June 2016 compared to June 2015.

    Table 2: South Africa's Top 20 Source Markets: June 2016 compared to June 2015

     

     June  2015June 2016 
    Rank Country Tourist Arrivals CountryTourist Arrivals Rank
    1Zimbabwe138502Zimbabwe1448651
    2Lesotho102880Lesotho1424022
    3Mozambique93697Mozambique915743
    4Swaziland62160Swaziland664594
    5Botswana39707Botswana480765
    6USA26503USA312866
    7UK17897UK182337
    8Namibia13845Namibia140368
    9Zambia13234Zambia138159
    10Malawi9736Malawi1142210
    11Australia7682India922811
    12Germany6983Australia862612
    13India6577Germany862513
    14France5112China (including Hong Kong)825514
    15Nigeria4462France579215
    16Netherlands4256Nigeria517116
    17China (including Hong Kong)4174Netherlands507617
    18Italy2922Canada334518
    19Canada2918Italy329019
    20Tanzania2756Tanzania276320

     

    For June 2016 and 2015, Zimbabwe remains the largest African source market and the USA the largest overseas source market for South Africa. Compared to June 2015, countries from the Asia region performed better than those from Europe. India replaced Australia by moving from 13th place to become South Africa's 11th source market resulting in India becoming the third biggest overseas source market to South Africa in June 2016.  China (including Hong Kong) replaced France and moved from 17th to 14th place. Germany dropped from 12th to 13th place and Netherlands from 16th to 17th position. Canada has moved from 19th to 18th position, replacing Italy as a source market for South Africa.