African penguins are pictured on the beach at Boulders Penguin Colony, Simon’s Town, South Africa, Aug. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)
South Africa is confident of surpassing pre-COVID-19 levels in international tourist arrivals, thanks to intervention measures the country has put in place, Deputy Minister of Tourism Fish Mahlalela said Thursday.
JOHANNESBURG, March 1 (Xinhua) — South Africa is confident of surpassing pre-COVID-19 levels in international tourist arrivals, thanks to intervention measures the country has put in place, Deputy Minister of Tourism Fish Mahlalela said Thursday.
In 2023, South Africa recorded 8.5 million international visitors, 48.9 percent higher than in 2022, Mahlalela said in an interview with Xinhua, noting that the country received over 10 million international travelers in 2019.
“We are currently sitting at 8.6 million tourist arrivals, and we are in the mode of recovery. We have not yet reached where we were in 2019, but we believe that this year,…
