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In this article we take a look at the number of tourists entering South Africa from our Australasian friends, Australia and New Zealand. A large number of expats from South Africa live in both these countries. Question is how many of these countries citizens come to South Africa as tourists? Has the expats helped in selling South Africa as a tourists destination?
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Aussie and Kiwi citizens coming to South Africa
The interactive map below shows the number of tourists entering South Africa from both Australia and New Zealand. Scroll over the target in Australian or New Zealand to see the number travelers from each of these countries for May 2018, or scroll over the target in South Africa to see the total number of inbound tourists arriving in South Africa during May 2018. For May 2018, 8 510 tourists arrived in South Africa from Australia and 1 039 arrived from New Zealand. In total 1 196 107 tourists arrived in South Africa during May 2018, of which the majority those came from other African countries. Overseas arrivals in South Africa amounted to 165 137 tourists. Of overseas arrivals in South Africa during May 2018, Australia accounted for 5.15% of overseas arrivals while New Zealand only accounted for 0.63% of overseas arrivals in South Africa during May 2018.
Below a summary of the tourists coming from Australia per month from the start of 2017.:
And the summary below shows the number of tourists arriving from New Zealand per month since the start of 2017:
And yes we agree just looking at the numbers are boring, we prefer seeing it in graphical format. The line graph below shows the number of tourists entering South Africa every month since the start of 2017 from both Australia and New Zealand.
- Jan-17: 9 911
- Feb-17: 7 800
- Mar-17: 9 749
- Apr-17: 11 381
- May-17 : 9 892
- Jun-17: 11 094
- Jul-17: 11 141
- Aug-17 : 12 189
- Sep-17: 14 802
- Oct-17 : 10 175
- Nov-17: 8 195
- Dec-17: 13 951
- Jan-18: 10 063
- Feb-18: 7 880
- Mar-18: 10 834
- Apr-18: 10 770
- May-18: 8 510
And the summary below shows the number of tourists arriving from New Zealand per month since the start of 2017:
- Jan-17: 1 466
- Feb-17 : 735
- Mar-17 : 1 323
- Apr-17: 1 875
- May-17: 1 312
- Jun-17: 1 442
- Jul-17: 2 128
- Aug-17: 1 600
- Sep-17 : 1 915
- Oct-17 : 1 851
- Nov-17: 1 282
- Dec-17: 2 360
- Jan-18 : 1 126
- Feb-18 : 915
- Mar-18: 1 538
- Apr-18 : 1 496
- May-18: 1 039
And yes we agree just looking at the numbers are boring, we prefer seeing it in graphical format. The line graph below shows the number of tourists entering South Africa every month since the start of 2017 from both Australia and New Zealand.
And while Australia is a far bigger supplier of tourists to South Africa than New Zealand, their population is far greater than that of their Kiwi counterparts. Australia has a population of 24.13million while New Zealand has a population of around 4.69million people. Gauteng alone has 3.1 times the number of people living in it than New Zealand, and South Africa's population as a whole is 12.3 times the size of New Zealand's and more than double the size of that of Australia. So we are not surprised to see so few tourists arriving in South Africa from New Zealand, and to a lesser extent Australia. The only concern is that the numbers seem to hover around 10 000 tourists a month from Australia and 1 500 a month from New Zealand. There is no real growth in the underlying tourist arrivals from these countries, which makes one wonder whether South Africa is doing enough to promote itself as a tourist destination.