'We will continue to shed jobs': How lockdown ravaged SA's tourism industry

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January tourism data will reflect even worse numbers than December, because of the closure of beaches and rivers and the ban on the sale of alcohol, says the Tourism Business Council of SA.

Another report by Stats SA on tourism and migration for December 2020 showed that foreign arrivals decreased by 82.1% .

While 772,945 visitors came from other African countries in December 2019, only 161,358 arrived in December last year. He said the restrictions put in place at the end of December, when President Cyril Ramaphosa placed the country on adjusted level 3 lockdown, did not help. He said the situation was far worse because informal sector tourism businesses were not accounted for in the statistics released by Stats SA. These included people selling merchandise, such as arts and crafts, to tourists.

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