SA tourist numbers crashed by almost three quarters in 2020
With Covid-19 shuttering ports and airports, SA received 2.8-million tourists in 2020, down from 10.2-million the year before
29 April 2021 - 14:12
The coronavirus pandemic prompted an almost three-quarter fall in tourist numbers in 2020, with more than half those arriving doing so in the first two months of that year, Stats SA said on Thursday.
SA recorded 2.8-million tourists in 2020, a 72.6% fall from the previous year, with SA receiving almost no tourists between April and September...
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