WATCH: Patricia de Lille unpacks tourism’s improved outlook for investment, jobs and growth

Business Day TV speaks to minister of tourism Patricia de Lille

Tourism Minister Patricia De Lille opens the Tourism Leadership Conference 2025 held at Sun City in the North West
Tourism minister Patricia de Lille. (Thabang Radebe)

South Africa welcomed a near 10.5-million international visitors in 2025 — the highest number ever recorded. Business Day TV unpacked the outlook for the tourism sector with tourism minister Patricia de Lille, who says the country is no longer in a Covid-19 recovery mode but entering a phase of expansion.