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More travellers in transit in SA

Pretoria - A total of 3 217 754 travellers (arrivals and departures) passed through South African ports of entry in March 2015, according to a report released by Statistics SA on Monday.

These travellers were made up of 794 917 South African residents and 2 422 837 foreign travellers.

A further breakdown of the figures for South African residents indicates that there were 384 922 arrivals, 409 260 departures and 735 travellers in transit. The corresponding volume for foreign arrivals, departures and transit travellers was 1 235 571, 1 127 979 and 59 287 respectively.

A comparison between the movements in March 2014 and March 2015 indicates that the volumes of arrivals increased for both South African residents and foreign travellers. While volumes of departures increased for South African residents, they decreased for foreign travellers.

Travellers in transit increased for both South African residents and foreign travellers.

A comparison between the movements in February 2015 and March 2015 indicates that the volume of arrivals, departures and travellers in transit increased for both South African residents and foreign travellers.

In March 2015, there were 416 399 (36.2%) same-day visitors and 733 241 (63.8%) tourists. Between March 2014 and March 2015, the volume of same-day visitors increased by 0.6%, while the volume of tourists decreased by 2.5% (from 751 816 in March 2014 to 733 241 in March 2015).

Between February 2015 and March 2015, the volume of same-day visitors and tourists increased.

In March 2015, road transport was the most common mode of travel used by 70.9% of the 3 217 754 travellers. In the case of foreign travellers, 22.3% arrived by air, while 77.3% came by road.

About 66% of overseas tourists in March came from Europe, followed by North America (15.4%), Asia (9,5%), Australasia (4.9%), Central and South America (2%) and the Middle East (2%). Virtually all tourists from Africa came from the SADC countries.

In March 2015, the majority of tourists, 702 709 (95.8%), were in South Africa for holidays compared to 26 324 (3.6%) and 4 208 (0.6%) who were in South Africa for business and for study purposes respectively.

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