While South Africas inbound tourism recovered overall in April, recovery from long-haul markets remained uneven.
According to the latest International Tourism Report from Statistics South Africa StatsSA, the countrys total tourist arrivals for April continued to outperform pre-COVID levels with volumes rising by 9.6 compared with 2019 levels. There was also an increase of 19.5 compared with April last year.
However, total overseas arrivals were relatively flat year-on-year, increasing by just 2 and remaining 16.2 below April 2019 levels.
