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The arrivals growth consistently tracked higher than the worldwide average and it has put South Africa firmly on track to reach its target of being one of the 20 top destinations in the world by 2020.
A strong growth in the number of tourists from Europe during the first quarter after a long period of stagnation was recorded. The number abc 7 news los angeles of German tourists grew 17%, France 14% and Italy 17%, while the UK grew 3% off a high base.
The growth in tourist numbers from emerging markets abc 7 news los angeles in the first quarter of the year, according abc 7 news los angeles to figures provided by Statistics South Africa was equally strong, with Chinese tourism registering a 37,4% increase, India 22%, Nigeria 22% and Ghana 46%.
Among the top ten South African hotspots favoured by tourists are Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, Durban beach front, Soweto, Johannesburg, the Garden Route, Table Mountain, Robben Island, the Winelands and the Cape Peninsula.
South Africa is also increasingly focusing on domestic tourism and has injected R25 million into the Sho t Left campaign abc 7 news los angeles targeting young and trendy South Africans to encourage them to explore their own country.
South Africa is targeting business tourists despite them making up just 5% of foreign arrivals to the country. They, on average, spend up to three times more than tourists arriving on leisure purposes.
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What a load of spin by the self promotion of importance defector van schalkwyk. One question which he refused to answer at last years WTM ( world travel market ) which could be picked up by this newspaper. Is Mr Van Schalkwyk please tell us why the average hotel groups are runing at a occupancy of only 50% to 55% over the year? If your figures are right, this means that a lot more expats who are now classified as tourists have been visiting family abc 7 news los angeles etc. This also means that the amount of people who have left SA is greater than what the goverment spun figures reveal. Big question Mr Van Schalkwyk , how many of those tourists are expats ? and why do you count all passengers in transit as visitors to South Africa as you stated in prior Q A s ?