Tourism & Travel

Careers in this sector include tourist guiding, resort management, travel consulting, travel agency management and many more. Niche tourism, from offering bicycle tours around Soweto, to allowing tourists to get a bird’s eye-view of South Africa with hot-water balloon rides and cableway experiences.

This sector directly contributed 3,5% to GDP in 2022, up from 2,3% in 2021 and 2,1% in 2020, but below the 2019 pre-pandemic contribution of 3,7%. In 2022, the tourism sector’s direct contribution to GDP was larger than three industries: construction, agriculture and utilities (electricity, gas & water supply).