South Africa - Overnight Visitors (Tourists)

Since 2014, South Africa Overnight Visitors (Tourists) was down by 9.7% year on year. With 16,817,087.7 Persons in 2019, the country was number 21 comparing other countries in Overnight Visitors (Tourists). South Africa is overtaken by Romania, which was ranked number 20 with 16,838,684.58 Persons and is followed by Denmark with 16,759,002.89 Persons. United States lead the ranking with 1,666,832,651.52 Persons in 2019, that is +0.5% compared to 2018. Indonesia, Japan and France respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Estonia witnessed the best average annual growth at +11.1% per year, while Croatia was the worst growing country at -11.1% per year.

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Date Units (Persons)
2019 16,817,087.70
2018 17,650,000.00
2017 17,200,000.00
2016 24,280,000.00
2015 24,451,000.00
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How does South Africa rank in Overnight Visitors (Tourists)?

# 35 Countries Units (Persons) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
United States
1,666,832,652 2019 +0.5 % +2.8 % View data
2 #2
Indonesia
299,240,805 2019 -1.4 % +3.6 % View data
20 #20
Romania
16,838,685 2019 +2.3 % +1.2 % View data
21 #21
South Africa
16,817,088 2019 -4.7 % -9.7 % View data
22 #22
Denmark
16,759,003 2019 +0.8 % +2.8 % View data
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