Editing Economy of South Africa (section)

===Tourism===
South Africa is a popular tourist destination, with around 860,000 arrivals per month (March 2008) of which around 210,000 is from outside the African continent.<ref name="SATStats-20080603">{{cite web |url=http://www.southafrica.net/satourism/research/viewResearchDetail.cfm?Action=Download&FileID=29993&ReportTypeCategoryID=65 |title=Monthly tourism statistics June 2008 |access-date=23 June 2008 |date=3 June 2008 |format=PDF |publisher=South African Tourism}}</ref> In 2012 South Africa received 9.2 million international arrivals.<ref name="UNWTO Hightlights 2013">{{cite web |url=http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/unwto_highlights13_en_lr_0.pdf |title=UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2013 edition |access-date=20 November 2013 |publisher=UNWTO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127174556/http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/unwto_highlights13_en_lr_0.pdf |archive-date=27 November 2013}}</ref> In August 2017 3.5 million travellers came to South Africa.<ref name="SA Stats-10637">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=10637 |title=Monthly tourism statistics August 2017 |access-date=4 February 2018 |publisher=Statistics South Africa}}</ref> According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, travel and tourism directly contributed ZAR102 billion to South African GDP in 2012 and supports 10.3% of jobs in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wttc.org/site_media/uploads/downloads/south_africa2013_2.pdf |title=Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2013 South Africa |access-date=20 November 2013 |date=March 2013 |publisher=WTTC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309024152/http://www.wttc.org/site_media/uploads/downloads/south_africa2013_2.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2014}}</ref> Among the main attractions are the diverse and picturesque landscape, the game reserves and the highly regarded local wines.

The country's borders were reopened on 1 October 2020, with some exceptions to tourists travelling from specific European countries and the US, due to high levels of COVID-19 activity taking place there.