BRIC tourist numbers to South Africa rose by 6.1% in 2017, but still 23.4% below 2013 levels
South African recently hosted tourism exhibitors from 23 African countries [PREUSS]
The release of the Tourism 2017 report by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) this week showed that although there was a strong rebound in 2016 and 2017, the country was still suffering from the misguided imposition of more stringent visa requirements in October 2014, as the number of overseas tourists from South Africa’s BRICS partners, remained below their 2013 levels.