South Africa: SA Tourism Sets Sights On 10-Million Foreigners Business Day (Johannesburg)THE local industry had set its sights on attracting 10-million foreign tourists by 2010, after breaking through the 7-million "psychological barrier" last year, says SA Tourism.SA Tourism's forecast comes as global attention increasingly shifts to SA ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.SA Tourism CEO Moeketsi Mosola said last week in the organisation's annual report that the soccer tournament was an opportunity for the local industry to meet and exceed expectations of tourists "and develop a firm platform for tourism growth".Mosola said tourism acc-ounted for 8% of the country's gross domestic product "with the potential to soar to 12% by 2014".He said foreign tourist arrivals last year broke the 7-million "psychological barrier" as a record-breaking total of 7,4-million foreign tourists came to SA.
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