The ban on inter-provincial travel will be lifted at midnight tonight when the country goes into alert level 2.
This part of the wider opening of the economy announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa over the weakened.
During his address to the nation on Saturday night, The president said travel between provinces will be allowed for any purpose and all parks, beaches and nature reserves will be opened for outdoor activity.
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa revealed in June that more than R68-billion in tourism spend has been lost since South Africa’s national lockdown began at the end of March.
According to Stats SA’s Tourism Satellite Account, in 2018, total tourism spend in South Africa was R273.2-billion, while domestic tourism accounted for 56 percent of total spend and 44 percent was international inbound travel.
This translates roughly to R22.7-billion per month and R748-million per day in tourism expenditure that has been lost. Tourism in South Africa supports 1.5 million jobs and contributes 8.6 percent to the GDP.