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This model will enable us to identify
valid tourists from the total foreign
arrivals released by DHA. The model
has been presented to DEAT’s management,
MIPTECH and MINMEC for
noting. Stats SA is currently working
closely with DHA to verify if the valid
length of stay could be automatically
calculated using the Movement Control
System which is used to capture arrivals
and departures.
(In addition, South Africa, like other
member states of the World Tourism
Organisation (WTO), has adopted the
standardised tourism definitions of the
WTO and therefore DEAT, Stats SA
and South African Tourism (SAT) are
currently using definitions which are
aligned with WTO definitions for tourism
and include the definitions for a
tourist as someone who stays one or
more nights outside their usual environment
/ residence and a visitor is defined
as someone who visits a place but does
not stay for one night.)
(2) (a) Stats SA is in the process of
finalising the 2007 report including
the same day and overnight
visitors, duration of stay and total
number of tourists. However, it is
currently estimated that about a
quarter of the total number of the
tourists that arrived in 2007 were
same-day visitors. The exact figure
will be known once Stats SA
has released the report.
(b) (i) The total foreign arrivals (excluding
workers and contract
workers) for January to June
2008 was 4,7 million compared
to the same period in 2007.
Foreign arrivals from Africa
and overseas were 3, 6 and 1,1
million respectively.
(ii) Table A attached hereto indicate
the total number of foreign arrivals
for January to June 2008
compared to the same periods in
2007 according to markets.