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South Africa’s Ministry of Home Affairs announced a new Trusted Tour Operator Scheme, which will open in January 2025.
Key Points:
Background: Officials provided travel data to support the new initiative, including that Chinese tourists made over 100 million outbound trips in 2023 and that Indian tourists account for 3.9% and China tourists 1.8% of all international visitors to South Africa.
BAL Analysis: South African immigration authorities are hoping to reform the visa system to allow the Department of Home Affairs to serve as an economic enabler, supercharging job creation in the tourism sector. The program may be extended to other nationalities in the future. BAL will continue to monitor developments and will provide more information as it becomes available.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice Group.
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