NB: African Arrivals plus Overseas Arrivals do not add to Total Foreign Arrivals due to the exclusion of unspecified arrivals, which could not be allocated to either African or Overseas.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR MY BUSINESSOccupancies of hotels continue to improve, however more analysis of specific markets would be required to gauge whether it is the business market (foreign or domestic) or leisure market (foreign or domestic) which is driving the growth. Some tourism enterprises are still experiencing constrained trading conditions although the total number of foreign arrivals to South Africa is increasing.
The reasons for this could be varied but the most common is a focus on the total foreign arrival number rather than a breakdown of this number, which takes into account the number of transit arrivals that are included and the purpose of visit of these tourists.
airport which they use most frequently.
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