Most of South Africas major source market regions comfortably posted double-digit growth in arrivals for the third quarter of 2025, raising the inbound industrys confidence of sustained momentum going into South Africas busy summer season.
Between July and September, overseas arrivals surged by 24 in comparison to the third quarter of 2024, according to the latest International Tourism Report from Statistics South Africa. The largest source market regions of Europe 280 322 arrivals and North America 122 557 arrivals grew by 21.7 and 18.4 respectively.
The UK and broader Europe remain the bellwether for Cape Town helped by extra capacity out of London with the US continuing to deliver the high-value trips, said Rhino Africa CEO David Ryan .