Domestic Tourism Survey,

2015

Dr Pali Lehohla

Statistician-General

#StatsSA

About the surveyCollects information to understand the travel behaviour of people in the country.

Determine the contribution of tourism to the country’s economy.

Focusses on domestic tourism and includes information on day and overnight trips.

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Looks at all private households and residents in workers’ hostels in

all 9 provinces of SA, sampling approximately 32000 households in face to face interviews

Stats SA uses administrative data from Department of Home Affairs(people entering the country and travelling outside) to collect and analyse

data for international tourism

DTS Methodology

Sample

Scope

Measure

18+

15 594 persons

(About 1 300 monthly)

Approximately

32 000 households

All trips Most recent trips

Comparison of Stats SA and SA Tourism

Recall period

Content

Reporting

Annual

From 2017/18

onwardsFinal report

in 2016/17

Overnight, day trips

and LSM

Overnight and

day trips

Monthly

Comparison of Stats SA and SA Tourism

Day trips taken inside South Africa

Demographic information

Main destinations

Reason for travelling

Mode of transport used

Overnight trips taken inside South Africa

Living Standard Measure

Information Gathered

Tourism direct contribution to the GDP

% of GDP2005-2015

Source: Tourism Satellite Account for South Africa, 2015

3,0% of the

GDP in 2015(R118 928 million)

How Large is Tourism?

How much did we spend on leisure related travel 2011-2015?

Source: IES 2010/2011 and LCS 2014/15

8,7

5,8

1,6 0,1

7,3 7,6

2,9

0,2 0,0

1,0

2,0

3,0

4,0

5,0

6,0

7,0

8,0

9,0

10,0

Transport Accommodation Tour packages Cultural services

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IES2010/11 LCS2014/15

There was an increase in expenditure towards Accommodation and Holiday Tour Packages from 2011 to 2015

Expenditure towards Transport decreased to R7,3bn from R8,7bn in 2011

Findings of the DTS 2015

Day

54,448m

44,3m

Overnight

50,8 47,3m

45,4m

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10

20

30

40

50

60

2013 2014 2015

Day Overnight

Total number of trips (million), 2013 – 2015

A general pattern of decline in domestic

tourism for both day and overnight tripsis observed from 2013 to 2015

R 104bR 110b

R 87b

R0

R20

R40

R60

R80

R100

R120

2013 2014 2015

Total Expenditure (in Billion rands)

Total expenditure (in Billion rand), 2013 - 2015

Total expenditure on domestic day and overnight trips shows a decline of

R22 billion between 2014 and 2015

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

2013 10,2 8,8 9,2 8,5 8,6 7,9 8,0 7,7 7,2 7,3 5,7 10,7

2014 8,8 9,1 9,2 8,7 7,3 7,0 7,7 8,2 8,0 8,2 6,7 11,2

2015 9,1 9,1 8,7 8,3 8,6 8,5 6,9 7,9 7,1 7,0 6,9 11,8

0,0

2,0

4,0

6,0

8,0

10,0

12,0

14,0

16,0

18,0

20,0

Perc

enta

ge

Total number of day trips taken by month (per cent), 2013 – 2015

The number of day trips decreased from 54 million in 2013 to 48 million in 2014 and 44 million in 2015.

During November 2013 and 2015, fewer day trips were taken (3,1 million) when compared to November 2014 (3,2 million).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

2013 9,9 5,4 9,0 8,4 7,1 8,2 7,8 6,6 8,4 6,9 6,0 16,4

2014 11,0 7,0 7,9 10,0 6,2 7,3 8,3 6,2 7,4 7,2 6,3 15,2

2015 10,0 6,6 6,9 9,2 6,9 9,0 7,6 7,4 8,0 6,7 6,1 15,7

0,0

2,0

4,0

6,0

8,0

10,0

12,0

14,0

16,0

18,0

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Total number of overnight trips taken by month (per cent), 2013 – 2015

Overnight trips also decreased from approximately 51 million in 2013 to 47 million in 2014 and 45 million in 2015.

A slight increase in overnight trips during April 2015 can be attributed to the Easter holidays

Most recent day and overnight trips, 2013 – 2015

Day tripA trip outside of the usual environment, where one leaves and returns within the same day (i.e. do not stay overnight).

Overnight tripA trip outside of one’s usual environment where one night or more is spent away from the usual environment.

Most recent trips has seen a decline in both day and overnight trips between 2014 and 2015

million

20,0 million

18,1 million 18,5 million

29,7 million27,7 million 27,6 million

0,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

35,0

2013 2014 2015

Day Overnight

MP9,4%

KZN10,3%

EC9,5%

FS3,9%

NW8,0%

NC3,4%

WC12,4%

GP23,1%

Gauteng and Limpopo were the

most popular destinations for day

travellers

LP17,1%

Percentage of most recent day trips by province of destination, 2015

MP9,5%

EC14,8%

FS4,6%

NW7,2%

NC2,5%

WC10,3%

GP11,3%

LP15,6%

KZN14,3%

The main destination for overnight travel was Limpopo followed by

Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

Percentage of most recent overnight trip by province of destination, 2015

Main purpose of most recent day trips, 2013 – 2015

Shopping VFR Leisure Business Religion Sporting Other Unspecified

2013 24,9 25,6 16,9 4,8 4,2 1,9 21,0 0,7

2014 28,8 26,5 13,5 4,3 5,4 1,7 18,9 0,6

2015 27,4 23,8 16,7 4,3 5,4 2,0 20,1 0,4

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10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

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60,0

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cen

tage

2013 2014 2015

The main reason reported for undertaking day trips was:

Shopping

Visiting friends and relatives

Leisure

Main purpose of most recent overnight trips, 2013 – 2015

VFR Leisure Religion Business Sporting Shopping Other Unspecified

2013 48,8 18,9 7,7 2,4 0,7 0,7 20,3 0,5

2014 49,5 18,2 7,4 2,4 1,0 0,7 19,4 0,9

2015 48,7 18,5 6,3 2,2 0,8 0,6 0,9 0,6

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20,0

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100,0

2013 2014 2015

The main reason reported for undertaking overnight trips was:

Visiting friends and relatives

Leisure

ReligionPerc

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Mode of Transport

Mode of transport by most recent day and overnight trips, 2015

Day Trips Overnight Trips

60,0% 49,9%

30,3% 35,8%

6,0% 8,5%

0,4% 2,7%Other Other 2,4%2,5%

Similar patterns were observed for day and overnight trips. Cars

were the main mode of transport, followed by taxis and then busses.

9%9% 10%

2015 2014 2013

50% 51% 49%

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20%

40%

60%

80%

2015 2014 2013

36% 34% 36%

2015 2014 2013

3% 3% 3%

2015 2014 2013

AIRPLANEBUSCAR TAXI

Mode of transport by most recent overnight trip, 2013 - 2015

Cars remain the main mode of transport used for overnight trips. Taxis were the second most used mode of transport for overnight trips.

Accommodation

Stayed with friends and relatives

Self Catering

Other

Hotel

Caravan Park

Holiday Home

Guest House

Lodge

Bed and Breakfast

Hostel/Back Packers

Accommodation used on most recent overnight trip, 2015

Most tourists made use of

unpaidaccommodation

when undertaking an

overnight trip bystaying with

friends or relatives

74%STAYING WITH FRIENDS

OR RELATIVES

Profile of day travellers and tourists in terms of Age, education, marital status and LSM

Day travelers who had

never been married were more likely to travel

than others.

Individuals aged 25 - 44 made up 40,8% of day

travellers & travelled the

most compared to other

age groups

40,8% 45,3%

28,3%

Those who completed

secondary school undertook most day trips.

31,1%

Main reason for undertaking

day (31,1%) and overnight

(40,4%) trips for LSM

group 8-10, was leisure.

Profile of day travellers and tourists in terms of Age, education, marital status and LSM

LSM group 1-4 are

more likely to take day

trips for shopping.

After LSM group 8-10, the

next highest spending

group was LSM 5-7 who

spent money mostly on

shopping and domestic

transport.

R14bn 49,5%

1 Week

Most tourists spent up to

one week at their

destinations on an overnight

trip, staying mainly with

friends and relatives.

GP, LP, WC

Between 2013-2015, GP, LP

and WC were most popular

destinations for day

travellers, while overnight

travellers mostly preferred LP,

EC and KZN.

Thank you