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Tourism statistics and travel trends

Use authoritative tourism data to understand broader travel patterns while keeping individual flight decisions grounded in current route and booking information.

Global tourism context

International tourist arrivals by region of origin

This chart is served by Our World in Data and updates when the underlying published dataset is updated.

Source: UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. View data and methodology · UN Tourism Statistics Database
How to read this data: arrivals count trips rather than unique people, and the latest years can be preliminary while destinations complete their reporting.
South Africa official sources

Tourist-arrival dashboards and releases

Use the official dashboards and statistical publications below for South Africa-specific tourism trends.

Official South African Tourism dashboard

International tourist arrivals

Explore tourist arrivals by country and region over time, using South African Tourism's interactive report based on Statistics South Africa tourism releases.

Open official arrivals report → Official South African Tourism dashboard

Provincial tourist arrivals

Explore where international visitors travelled within South Africa, including provincial travel patterns, places visited and related visitor measures.

Open provincial arrivals report → Statistics South Africa

International Tourism releases

Use the official Stats SA publication series for the latest monthly International Tourism statistical releases and downloadable reports.

Open Stats SA publications →

Why RouteZA includes tourism data

Tourism demand can help travellers understand seasonality, destination popularity and broader travel patterns, but it is not a substitute for checking current fares, schedules, entry requirements or booking conditions for a specific trip.

South Africa tourism performance

South African Tourism Performance Dashboard

Explore the official interactive dashboard in a responsive embedded view. Use the dashboard controls to change measures, periods and views where available.

Source: South African Tourism — South African Tourism Performance Dashboard. International Tourist Arrivals Report · Provincial Tourist Arrivals Report
Data attribution: This embedded report is provided by South African Tourism through Microsoft Power BI. RouteZA displays the official embedded dashboard and does not alter the underlying figures.
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