South Africa Visitor Arrivals

South Africa's visitor arrivals fell to 3.89 million in 2020, down from 14.8 million in 2019, according to World Bank. This represents a decrease of 73.7% (10.91 million) from the previous year. South Africa has visitor arrivals higher than the global median (3.89 million vs median 1.02 million). Compared with the median in Africa, South Africa is higher (3.89 million vs regional median 409,149.99) and ranks 2nd out of 42 countries in Africa.

South Africa's travel earnings fell to $2.72 billion in 2020, down from $9.06 billion in 2019.