South Africa Travel Earnings

South Africa's travel earnings fell to $2.72 billion in 2020, down from $9.06 billion in 2019, according to World Bank. This represents a decrease of 70% ($6.35 billion) from the previous year. South Africa has travel earnings higher than the global median ($2.72 billion vs median $677.50 million). Compared with the median in Africa, South Africa is higher ($2.72 billion vs regional median $195.15 million) and ranks 3rd out of 42 countries in Africa.

South Africa's visitor arrivals fell to 3.89 million in 2020, down from 14.8 million in 2019.