A total of 9 188 368 international tourists visited South Africa in 2012, 10.2% greater than the 8 339 354 tourists who travelled to the rustic in 2011, President Jacob Zuma has revealed. South Africa’s tourist growth rate in 2012 was greater than double the velocity of average global tourist growth of about 4% estimated by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in 2012. South Africa saw particularly good overseas tourist growth (tourists from outside of the African continent), which grew by 15.1%, one of many highest growth rates on the earth last year. Europe remained the top source of overseas tourists to South Africa, growing by 9.5% on 2011 figures and attracting a complete of one 396 978 tourists to the rustic last year – greater than half the...
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