Domestic Tourism Survey, 2016

Dr Pali LehohlaStatistician-General#StatsSA #Tourism

DTS

Demographicinformation

DaytripstakeninsideSouthAfrica

Maindestinations

Reasonsfortravelling

Modesoftransportused

OvernighttripstakeninsideSouthAfrica

LivingStandardMeasure

InformationGathered

TheDTS2016findingsreflectageneralpatternofdeclineindomestictourismoverthepasttwoyearsasassociatedwitheconomicstagnationandre-prioritisationofconsumerspendingthathastakenplaceinthecountryduringthattime.

4,4m

6,2m

0,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Milli

on

Number of unemployed

57,0%

67,2%

10,0

30,0

50,0

70,0

90,0

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Long term unemployment

LabourMarketDashboard

Source: QLFS Q2 2017

Increasingnumberofunemployedpersonswerewitnessedduring2008to2015

28,4% 33,5%

21,4%

25,2%

51,0%

47,6%

36,4%

40,0%

66,6%

62,1%

53,2%

55,5%

0,0

10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

50,0

60,0

70,0

2006 2009 2011 2015

Percen

tage

Approximately13,8millionSouthAfricanswerelivingbelowtheFPLin2015,downfromapeakof16,7millionin2009.

PovertyheadcountsbasedontheFPL,LBPLandUBPL

Findings of the DTS 2016

Day44,3m 39,4m

Overnight45,4m

43,0m

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10

20

30

40

50

60

2015 2016

Day Overnight

Ageneralpatternofdecline indomestictourismforbothdayandovernighttrips

isobservedfrom2015to2016

Totalnumberoftrips(million),2015– 2016

DaytripAtripoutsideoftheusualenvironment,whereoneleavesandreturnswithinthesameday(i.e.donotstayovernight).

OvernighttripAtripoutsideofone’susualenvironmentwhereonenightormoreisspentawayfromtheusualenvironment.

Reasonsfornotundertakingovernighttripsin2016

9,1% 30,4%

37,6%

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Pregnancy

Inmourning

Disabled

Takingcareofsick/elderlyrelative

Haveyoungchildren

Inolongerwishtotravel

Toomuchhassletotravel

Sick

Nointerest/nothingtoseeordothatappealstome

Other

Toooldtotravel

Worriedaboutsafety/security/crime

Notenoughtimetotravel

Nofamily/friendstovisitsomewhereelse

Tooexpensive/Iwouldratherspendmoneyonsomethingelse

Noparticularreason

Toobusyatwork/school

Tripswithin40kmradius/familyrelativesstaywithin

FinancialReasons

Financialreasonswasthedominantreasonprovidedfornottakingtripsin2016

9,1%

30,4%

37,6%

Toobusyatwork/school

Tripswithin40kmradius/familyrelativesstaywithin

FinancialReasons

Mostrecenttripshasseenadeclineinbothdayandovernighttripsbetween2015and2016

18,5million16,2million

28,0million 26,0million

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2015 2016

Day Overnight

Mostrecentdayandovernighttrips,2015– 2016

9,1

9,1

8,78,3

8,6 8,5

6,9

7,9

7,1

7,0

6,9

11,8

8,5

9,3

7,28,2

8,79,3

7,7

7,0

7,3

7,1

8,0

11,8

4,0

6,0

8,0

10,0

12,0

14,0

16,0

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

Percen

tage

Thenumberofdaytripsdecreased from44millionin2015to39millionin2016.

Totalnumberofdaytripstakenbymonth(percent),2015– 2016

2015

AdropindaytripscanbeseenduringMarch 2016.

DaytripsremainedthesameduringtheDecemberholiday

period

10,0

6,6

6,9

9,2

6,9

9,0

7,6

7,4

8,06,7

6,1

15,7

9,0

6,4

8,8

7,57,0

8,4

7,9

6,8

8,1 7,2

6,1

16,9

0,0

2,0

4,0

6,0

8,0

10,0

12,0

14,0

16,0

18,0

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

Percen

tage

TheEasterholidayshasaneffectontripstakenduringMarchandApril

Overnighttripsalsodecreased from45millionin2015to43millionin2016.

Totalnumberofovernighttripstakenbymonth(percent),2015– 2016

-703

-24

-755

84

-572

-1000

-500

0

500

1000January February March April May June July August September October November December

-940

-1000

-500

0

500

1000January February March April May June July August September October November December

ChangeinDayTripsbetween2015and2016

ChangeinOvernightTripbetween2015and2016

Ageneraldeclineisnoticedacrossmostmonthsfordayandovernighttrips

Thedeclineintripstakenvariesby

LSMgroup

DayTrip2015and2016byLSMGroup(millions)

39milliondaytripsweretakenbetweenJanuaryandDecember2016.

9,4%

44,1% 46,6%

6,9%

47,5% 45,6%

0,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

35,0

40,0

45,0

50,0

LSM1- 4 LSM5- 7 LSM8- 10

2015 2016

In2015,individualsfromLSMgroup8-10undertookthemostnumberofdaytrips(46,6%)whereasin2016,itwasthoseinLSMgroup5-7with47,5%

OvernightTrip2015and2016byLSMGroup(millions)

Domestictouristsin2016werepredominantlyfromthebroadLSMgroup5–7with55,3%ofovernighttrips.

13,3%

52,0%

34,7%

10,6%

55,3%

34,1%

0,0

10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

50,0

60,0

LSM1- 4 LSM5- 7 LSM8- 10

2015 2016

AsaproportionofindividualswithinaparticulargroupthebroadLSMgroup8–10wasthemostlikelytotravel(1andahalftripstakenperindividual)

Totalexpenditure (inBillionrand),2013- 2016

*Numbershavebeenroundedoff

R104bn R110bn

R87bn R87bn

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20

40

60

80

100

120

2013 2014 2015 2016

TotalexpenditureondomesticdayandovernighttripsgrewfromR104billion2013toR110billionin2014

Between2015and2016expenditureremainedconstant

Themainreasonreportedforundertakingdaytripswas:

Shopping

Visitingfriendsandrelatives

Leisure

Shopping VFR Leisure Funeral Business Religion Sporting Other Unspecified2015 27,4 23,8 16,7 6,3 4,3 5,4 2,0 13,7 0,42016 27,0 22,5 13,4 8,2 5,2 5,1 4,1 14,0 0,6

0,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

Percen

tage

Mainpurposeofmostrecentdaytrips,2015- 2016

Numberoftripsbypopulationgroup,2015- 2016

25,5% 43,8%

0,010,020,030,040,050,060,070,080,090,0100,0

Daytrips Overnighttrips

BlackAfrican

32,1% 32,5%

Daytrips Overnighttrips

Coloured

28,0% 34,5%

0,010,020,030,040,050,060,070,080,090,0100,0

Daytrips Overnighttrips

Indian/Asian

64,1%

88,9%

Daytrips Overnighttrips

White

Whencomparingtravelwithinpopulationgroups,thewhitepopulationtravelledalmosttwice asfrequentlythananyotherpopulationgroup

Themainreasonreportedforundertakingovernighttripswas:

Visitingfriendsandrelatives

Leisure

Funeral

VFR Leisure Funeral Religion Business Shopping Sporting CulturalOccasion Other Unspecified

2015 48,7 18,5 14,2 6,3 2,2 0,6 0,8 1,8 6,4 0,62016 48,0 17,3 13,8 6,1 2,7 0,6 0,5 1,9 8,5 0,7

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40

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50

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Mainpurposeofmostrecentovernighttrips,2015– 2016

Foodandbeverages

16%

Domestictransport

32%Shopping

38%

Foodandbeverage

s15%

Domestictransport

36%Shopping

40%

LSM5-7

Foodandbeverages

20%

Shopping21%

Accommodation24%Domestic

transport30%

LSM8-10LSM1-4

LSMgroupsbyexpenditure(R’000)onmostrecentovernighttrips,January–December,2016

LSM1–4spentslightlymorethanthirdonshoppingwhenonovernighttrips

LSM5–7spentmostoftheirmoneyonshoppingandtransportwhiletakingovernighttrips

LSM8–10spentnearlyaquarteroftheirmoneyonpaidaccommodationwhileonovernighttrips

MP7,7%

KZN8,4%

EC10,1%

FS4,3%

NW9,8%

NC4,3%

WC13,2%

GP23,0%

Gauteng ,LimpopoandWesternCapewerethemost

populardestinationsfordaytravellers

LP17,3%

Percentageofmostrecentdaytripsbyprovinceofdestination,2016

MP10,5%

EC12,2%

FS4,8%

NW7,5%

NC2,5%

WC9,7%

GP13,4%

LP17,0%

KZN13,0%

ThemaindestinationforovernighttravelwasLimpopo followedby

Gauteng andKwaZulu-Natal

Percentageofmostrecentovernighttripbyprovinceofdestination,2016

50% 49%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

2015 2016

36% 36%

2015 2016

3% 4%

2015 2016AIRPLANE

BUS

TAXI

CarsandTaxiswerethemostusedmodeoftransportforovernighttrips.

9% 8%

2015 2016

CAR

Theuseofbussesforovernighttripsdecreasedoverthisperiod,whiletheuseofairplanesrose

Mainmodeoftransportforovernighttrips,2015- 2016

Accommodation

73,3% 4,4%

4,1% 3,9%

12,6%

Other

SelfCatering

Hotel

Holidayhome

oftouristsmadeuseofunpaidaccommodation

whenundertakinganovernighttrip bystayingwithfriendsorrelatives

73%

STAYINGWITHFRIENDSORRELATIVES

Accommodationusedonmostrecentovernighttrip,2016

Day travelers who were married were more likely to travel than others.

Individuals aged 25 - 44 made up 40,3% of day travellers & travelled the most compared to other age groups

40,3% 37,3%

28,8%

Those who completed secondary school undertook most day trips.

25,2%

Main reason for undertaking day (25,2%) trips for LSM group 8-10, was leisure.

ProfileofdaytravellersintermsofAge,education,maritalstatusandLSM

Those who had neverbeen married were more likely to undertake overnight trips

Individuals aged 25 - 44 made up 40,1% of overnight travellers

40,1% 33,7%

27,9%

Those who completed secondary school undertook most overnight trips

37,7%

Main reason for undertaking overnight (37,7%) trips for LSM group 8-10, was leisure.

ProfileofovernighttravellersintermsofAge,Education,MaritalstatusandLSM

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