South Africa: tourism gross value added by industry

The Direct Gross Value Added (GVA) by the tourism industry in South Africa reached close to 128.75 billion South African rand (nearly 7 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021. Notably, non-tourism industries were the highest contributors to the Tourism Direct Gross Value Added (TDGVA). Accommodation followed, adding approximately 24.8 billion South African rand (roughly 1.35 billion U.S. dollars). The air passenger transport industry came next, with a contribution of 9.4 billion South African rand (around 509 million U.S. dollars).

Tourism direct gross value added in South Africa in 2021, by industry (in million South African rand)

Characteristic	Gross value added in million South African rand
Accommodation for visitors	24,759
Air passenger transportation industry	9,367
Road passenger transportation industry	8,838
Retail trade of tourism connected goods	7,177
Sport and recreational industry	6,332
Food and beverage serving industry	5,045
Transport equipment rental industry	5,003
Travel agencies and other reservation services industry	4,457
Water passenger transportation industry	1,354
Cultural industry	1,314
Railway passenger transportation industry	304
Other non-tourism industries	54,797
Total	128,746

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

South Africa

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Preliminary data.
Conversion rate as of 11/17/2023.

According to the source:
"Individual figures may not add up to stated totals due to rounding."

Furthermore, the source adds the following:
"A non-tourism-connected industry is any industry that is not a tourism-characteristic or tourism-connected industry. A non-tourism industry may still sell some of its products to visitors."

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