South Africa will require major technological improvements paired with substantial increases in long-haul flight capacity and staffing at airports for the countrys new electronic travel authorisation ETA to achieve its goal of facilitating one million extra annual arrivals per year, immigration and tourism experts have stressed.
The ETA platform recently went live for applications for G20 delegates from China, India, Indonesia and Mexico. It is set to roll out to all travellers from visa-requiring countries from 2026.
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille asserted that the ETA will add at least one million extra international arrivals per year based on Department of Tourism research.