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TABLE A - JUNE 2008
TOTAL FOREIGN ARRIVALS*
*Foreign tourist arrivals, according to the WTO, are all foreign arrivals less all those who stayed for less than one day and more than 365 days, and excludes travellers who were remunerated from within the place they travelled to. The closest possible approximation to this definition, given the current format of statistics issued by Statssa, is All Foreign Arrivals less “workers” and
“contract workers”. SATourism uses this definition. The sensitivity of the difference between this definition and the closest alternative definition has been tested to be less than 0.5%.
JAN TO JUN 2008 COMPARED WITH JAN TO Jun 2007
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JUN JUN DIFFERENCE % JAN TO JUN
DIFFERENCE %
2008 2007 2008 2007
EUROPE:
Austria 695 774 -79 -10.2% 10,456 10,383 73 0.7%
Belgium 1,923 1,557 366 23.5% 18,367 17,132 1,235 7.2%
Denmark 1,163 1,208 -45 -3.7% 14,018 12,953 1,065 8.2%
Finland 495 529 -34 -6.4% 5,225 4,757 468 9.8%
France 5,414 5,115 299 5.8% 62,788 52,716 10,072 19.1%
Germany 9,014 9,125 -111 -1.2% 120,836 115,525 5,311 4.6%
Greece 559 434 125 28.8% 4,589 3,582 1,007 28.1%
Hungary 136 162 -26 -16.0% 1,770 1,568 202 12.9%
Ireland 2,360 2,317 43 1.9% 20,635 18,408 2,227 12.1%
Italy 3,483 3,445 38 1.1% 22,380 20,765 1,615 7.8%
Netherlands 5,360 4,918 442 9.0% 53,250 48,668 4,582 9.4%
Norway 1,014 921 93 10.1% 11,240 10,199 1,041 10.2%
Poland 535 479 56 11.7% 4,864 4,572 292 6.4%
Portugal 2,134 1,912 222 11.6% 14,996 14,079 917 6.5%
Russian Fed 507 496 11 2.2% 6,175 5,040 1,135 22.5%
Spain 2,816 2,080 736 35.4% 14,561 11,687 2,874 24.6%
Sweden 1,563 1,604 -41 -2.6% 22,111 19,812 2,299 11.6%
Switzerland 1,291 1,375 -84 -6.1% 17,493 17,055 438 2.6%
UK 24,214 22,032 2,182 9.9% 249,046 241,671 7,375 3.1%
Other 1,326 1,158 168 14.5% 15,100 11,779 3,321 28.2%
EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA:
66,002 61,641 4,361 7.1% 689,900 642,351 47,549 7.4%
Canada 3,734 3,113 621 19.9% 29,142 24,733 4,409 17.8%
USA 30,673 29,720 953 3.2% 140,988 127,574 13,414 10.5%
Other 3 5 -2 -40.0% 31
44 -13 -29.5%
NORTH AMERICA
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA:
34,410 32,838 1,572 4.8% 170,161 152,351 17,810 11.7%
Argentina 421 393 28 7.1% 4,648 4,279 369 8.6%
Brazil 2,689 2,414 275 11.4% 17,121 14,539 2,582 17.8%
Chile 200 212 -12 -5.7% 1,714 1,438 276 19.2%
Mexico 314 322 -8 -2.5% 1,582 1,425 157 11.0%
Venezuela 153 97 56 57.7% 752 450 302 67.1%
Other 783 748 35 4.7% 4,542 4,116 426 10.3%
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
AUSTRALASIA:
4,560 4,186 374 8.9% 30,359 26,247 4,112 15.7%
Australia 7,533 7,446 87 1.2% 46,697 42,277 4,420 10.5%
New Zealand 1,588 1,666 -78 -4.7% 9,188 8,518 670 7.9%
Other 56 62 -6 -9.7% 419 364 55 15.1%
AUSTRALASIA
ASIA:
9,177 9,174 3 0.0% 56,304 51,159 5,145 10.1%
China (including Hong Kong) 2,344 3,217 -873 -27.1% 22,147 20,084 2,063 10.3%
India 4,769 4,399 370 8.4% 27,400 23,875 3,525 14.8%
Indonesia 208 426 -218 -51.2% 1,822 1,485 337 22.7%
Japan 2,269 2,432 -163 -6.7% 13,549 13,322 227 1.7%
Rep of Korea 1,391 1,390 1 0.1% 10,664 9,752 912 9.4%
Malaysia 764 691 73 10.6% 4,252 4,184 68 1.6%
Philippines 373 317 56 17.7% 2,467 2,252 215 9.5%
Singapore 771 814 -43 -5.3% 3,775 3,138 637 20.3%
Rep of China (Taiwan) 828 1,109 -281 -25.3% 5,881 7,045 -1,164 -16.5%
Thailand 591 820 -229 -27.9% 3,490 4,616 -1,126 -24.4%
Other 1,562 1,326 236 17.8% 9,848 7,519 2,329 31.0%
ASIA
MIDDLE EAST:
15,870 16,941 -1,071 -6.3% 105,295 97,272 8,023 8.2%
Israel 1,154 1,025 129 12.6% 9,272 7,959 1,313 16.5%
Saudi Arabia 410 368 42 11.4% 1,884 1,279 605 47.3%
Turkey 472 401 71 17.7% 4,504 2,628 1,876 71.4%
United Arab Emirates 233 134 99 73.9% 1,219 789 430 54.5%
Other 761 668 93 13.9% 4,688 4,627 61 1.3%
MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA MAINLAND:
3,030 2,596 434 16.7% 21,567 17,282 4,285 24.8%
Angola 1,999 2,263 -264 -11.7% 17,756 15,351 2,405 15.7%
Dem Rep of Congo 2,091 2,180 -89 -4.1% 15,220 12,223 2,997 24.5%
Botswana 57,185 58,551 -1,366 -2.3% 386,081 383,524 2,557 0.7%
Egypt 353 336 17 5.1% 2,671 2,082 589 28.3%
Ghana 1,015 1,068 -53 -5.0% 6,779 5,703 1,076 18.9%
Kenya 1,868 1,805 63 3.5% 13,143 11,951 1,192 10.0%
Lesotho 171,481 150,791 20,690 13.7% 1,085,259 1,071,738 13,521 1.3%
Malawi 9,851 10,637 -786 -7.4% 74,178 67,149 7,029 10.5%
Mozambique 94,405 82,411 11,994 14.6% 612,972 545,558 67,414 12.4%
Namibia 14,845 14,403 442 3.1% 107,293 104,509 2,784 2.7%
Nigeria 2,877 2,784 93 3.3% 19,996 18,186 1,810 10.0%
Swaziland 84,897 81,030 3,867 4.8% 524,734 504,872 19,862 3.9%
Tanzania 1,101 1,036 65 6.3% 7,707 6,577 1,130 17.2%
Uganda 897 947 -50 -5.3% 6,648 5,698 950 16.7%
Zambia 15,708 14,741 967 6.6% 96,156 84,842 11,314 13.3%
Zimbabwe 85,553 69,689 15,864 22.8% 552,300 451,397 100,903 22.4%
Other 4,263 3,827 436 11.4% 29,104 24,663 4,441 18.0%
TOTAL AFRICA MAINLAND
INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS:
550,389 498,499 51,890 10.4% 3,557,997 3,316,023 241,974 7.3%
Mauritius 1,158 944 214 22.7% 7,689 6,819 870 12.8%
Reunion 29 37 -8 -21.6% 451 230 221 96.1%
Seychelles 131 99 32 32.3% 1,088 1,099 -11 -1.0%
TOTAL INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS 1,318 1,080 238 22.0% 9,228 8,148 1,080 13.3%
TOTAL AFRICA 551,707 499,579 52,128 10.4% 3,567,225 3,324,171 243,054 7.3%
Unspecified 3,932 2,862 1,070 37.4% 30,938 20,749 10,189 49.1%
GRAND TOTAL 688,688 629,817 58,871 9.3% 4,671,749 4,331,582 340,167 7.9%
**OVERSEAS TOTAL 133,049 127,376 5,673 4.5% 1,073,586 986,662 86,924 8.8%
** GRAND TOTAL LESS TOTAL AFRICA W.E.F. JANUARY 2001