More visitors visit South Africa in October

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — South Africa’s tourism industry continued to recover as more than 2.64 million people entered and exited the country in October, according to the latest tourism and migration report released by Statistics South Africa Tuesday. A comparison between the movements in September and October this year indicates that the volume of arrivals increased for both South African residents and foreign travelers, according to the report. Overseas tourists were 26 percent of all tourists in October and holidays continued to be the main purpose of their visits to the country, the report said. The data showed that about 96.4 percent of all the tourists were in South Africa for holiday purposes. Enditem