What are the advantages, disadvantages and threats of South Africa’s tourism industry?

Tourism is currently the fastest growing industry in South Africa. It is the fourth largest industry and the third largest foreign exchange earning sector. Its output value now accounts for approximately 7.1% of GDP. South Africa is the country in Africa that receives the most international tourists. Foreign tourists mainly arrive in South Korea 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 (20.2%), including the United Kingdom (46 Thousands) and Germany (260,000) accounted for the most; 228,000 North American tourists (accounting for 3.4%), including 193,000 Americans; 186,000 Asian tourists (accounting for 2.8%), including India (43,000) and mainland China (33,000) The largest number; 90,000 Australian tourists (accounting for 1.4%); 42,000 Latin American tourists (accounting for 0.6%), including 18,000 from Brazil; 33,000 tourists from the Middle East (accounting for 0.5%).

South Africa has extremely rich natural and cultural tourism resources and is a world-famous tourist resort. The fastest growing is ecotourism. Arranged by the number of international tourists, the 15 most famous attractions are: Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Bay Comprehensive Commercial Tourist Area, Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape Winery Avenue Scenic Area, Kos Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Garden Route Scenic Area, Oudtshoorn Ostrich Garden, Kruger National Park, Durban Beach, Robin Island, Congo Cave, Blyde Valley, Pretoria Cityscape , the Drakensberg mountain resort and a pilgrim's resting place.

South Africa has complete tourism service facilities. There are about 700 hotels, 2,800 hotels and 10,000 restaurants in the country. As of May 2003, there were 5,645 registered tour guides in South Africa, 1,058 of whom were black.