StatsSA has released the arrivals numbers for October and, once again, the numbers of tourists, both overseas and regional, have shown increases across the board.
The US market appears to be showing very strong signs of recovery and other core markets are also on the up, including Canada, Australia, China and India. European markets are also showing promising returns with healthy growth over the month in comparison with 2009.
The total overseas arrivals grew by 9,7% from 189 932 to 208 276 while African arrivals grew by 13% from 438 756 to 496 071.
The top overseas markets for October 2010 were:
- UK, down 2,9% from 40 829 to 39 642
- USA, up 22,9% from 19 536 to 24 002
- Germany, up 6,8% from 23 300 to 24 895
- The Netherlands, down 5,2% from 15 612 to 14 796
- France, up 9,8% from 11 834 to 12 995
- Australia, up 32,9% from 7 029 to 9 339
- India, up 24,6% from 5 047 to 6 291
- China, up 73,7% from 3 280 to 5 697
- Canada, up 25% from 4 536 to 5 668
- Switzerland, up 28% from 3 983 to 5 097
The top African markets for October 2010 were:
- Zimbabwe, up 12,7% from 117 669 to 132 571
- Lesotho, up 39,1% from 87 286 to 121 042
- Mozambique, up 9,6% from 79 039 to 86 905
- Swaziland, down 5,3% from 52 320 to 49 599
- Botswana, down 0,9% from 38 841 to 38 506
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