Question NW2521 to the Minister of Tourism
30 June 2023 - NW2521
Matumba, Mr A to ask the Minister of Tourism
What is the policy position on collaboration on the collection and collation of tourist data between her department, Statistics South Africa and the Department of Home Affairs?
Reply:
I have been informed that the Department of Tourism has established an Inter-Departmental Tourism Statistics Technical and a Steering Committee to ensure continuous collaboration in improving key national tourism statistics.
The committees consist of members from the Department of Tourism, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Department of Home Affairs (DHA), South African Tourism (SAT) and the tourism private sector is represented by the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA).
Other stakeholders are invited when there is a need.
Senior officials are members of the Inter-Departmental Tourism Statistics Technical Committee and Directors-General and CEOs are members of the Steering Committee, chaired by the Director-General of the Department of Tourism.
The Department works closely with Stats SA and DHA to ensure the availability and reporting of tourist arrivals data.
Stats SA uses migration data collected by DHA to produce amongst others, tourist arrivals data which is released monthly through the Tourism and Migration Report.
The Department also receives tourist arrivals data from Stats SA on a monthly basis.
The Department further works with Stats SA on tourist-related statistics, including the Domestic Tourism Household Survey, the Tourism Satellite Account and the Accommodation Survey.