Domestic trips undertaken by adult South Africans, 2013: Tourism series 1

The discussion document: Domestic trips undertaken by adult South Africans, 2013: Tourism series 1, published by Statistics South Africa, "reflects an opportunity for some provinces to engage in more competitive exposure of destinations within their provinces to attract day travellers as well as tourists, as this will have the effect of growing tourism and enable tourism to contribute more meaningfully to provinces’ economic growth." 

"The typical South African adult day traveller and tourist originate from Gauteng, and undertook most of their trips in December, which is to be expected as that month is considered a holiday period in South Africa. Their preferred provinces of destination were Gauteng for day trips and either KwaZulu-Natal or Limpopo on overnight trips. Most of these individuals take day trips for shopping purposes, while tourists visit friends and relatives. Both these groups of people favoured cars to reach their places of destination, and tourists enjoyed accommodation provided by friends and relatives."