What are the strengths, weaknesses and threats to South Africa’s tourism industry?

Tourism is the fastest growing industry in South Africa. It is the fourth largest industry and the third largest foreign exchange earning sector. Its output value currently accounts for approximately 7.1% of the GDP. South Africa is the country in Africa that receives the most international tourists. Foreign tourists mainly reach the south by road and air. In 2003, South Africa received 6.64 million foreign tourists. Among them, the African continent had the largest number of tourists, accounting for 4.52 million (68.1%), mainly from southern African countries such as Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique; European tourists accounted for 1.34 million (accounting for 20.2%), including the United Kingdom (46 million) and Germany (260,000); there were 228,000 North American tourists (3.4%), including 193,000 Americans; 186,000 Asian tourists (2.8%), including India (43,000) and mainland China (33,000), the largest number; 90,000 tourists from Australia (1.4%); 42,000 tourists from Latin America (0.6%), including 18,000 Brazilian tourists; 33,000 tourists from the Middle East (0.5%). South Africa is rich in natural and cultural tourism resources and is a world-famous tourist destination. The fastest growing is ecotourism. According to the number of international tourists, the 15 most famous attractions are: Cape Town's Victoria and Alfred Bay Integrated Commercial and Tourism Area, Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape Winery Avenue Scenic Area, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Garden Avenue Scenic Area, Oudtshoorn Western Cape Ostrich Park, Kruger National Park, Durban Beach, Congo Robin Island. South Africa has complete tourism service facilities. There are about 700 hotels in China, 2,800 hotels, and 10,000 restaurants. As of May 2003, there were 5,645 registered tour guides in South Africa, 1,058 of whom were black.

The scenery is good and the wildlife park is beautiful, but be careful of pirates!