Article: South Africa expects 300,000 visitors for the World Cup

It was but after ET's murder and the Malema outburst with the article of gangs wondering the streets it actually halved from the 300k that number was calculated by all cancelations.
 
South Africa expects 300,000 visitors for the World Cup next month, down from an initial forecast of 450,000, but the country remains confident of full stadiums, the tourism minister said Tuesday.

"We will probably see around 300,000 international arrivals for the World Cup -- just under or just more than that," tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk told lawmakers in a World Cup readiness briefing.

"It may be a little bit less than what we expected... but four years ago nobody expected the global recession," he said, quickly adding: "But it is still a lot of people. Our stadiums are going to be full, it is going to an exceptionally good World Cup."

Of the 230,000 foreign fans who have bought tickets, Van Schalkwyk said just 11,300 are African -- 76 percent less than originally forecast for the first World Cup on African soil.

"Only two percent of those tickets are to Africans. Originally we expected around 48,000," he said.

"There are two reasons. It is the distribution channels. People in Africa don't buy tickets on the Internet. It was a huge mistake that I think FIFA-MATCH made and also I believe the unaffordable pricing."

Van Schalkwyk offered FIFA advice for hosting the tournament in developing countries where Internet availability is low. The next World Cup will be hosted by Brazil in 2014.

"Look at the way that you sell tickets. It does not work in developing countries and on continents such as Africa. People don't buy tickets through the Internet, (not) large numbers of people," Van Schalkwyk said.

South Africa has invested 33 billion rand (4.4 billion dollars, 3.5 billion euros) in the first World Cup on the African continent, with FIFA having sold more than 2.5 million of some three million tickets just over three weeks from the June 11 kick-off.

The cheapest World Cup tickets of 140 rands were reserved for South Africans or legal residents in the country.
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Gosh I hate linked articles :(
Anyways, great news :)
 
I wish they could fly me out of here by that time. We will have to oay for this WC for the next 100 years.
 
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I wish they could fly me out of here by that time. We will have to pay for this WC for the next 100 years.
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No we won't, the government will steal far more money and destroy far more than a world cup which believe it or not will be good for us in the long run, funny how certain countries who have no money are bidding for future world cups. I wonder why if the world cup is such an economy killer.
 
That number went down drastically didn't it? Were they not expecting over twice as many tourists?
o_O
 
ey Mr zuma , your friend has caused you so much trouble yet you let him keep his spot and let him walk off lightly from almost causing a civil war. best of all , now he is singing "kiss the boer".. you really do want to get punched in the face dont you ? only thing youre going to kiss is my knuckles lol


as for the WC , ja , i read in the DA newspaper that 1 billion alone has been spent by the anc wasteful expenditures ...... thank you tax payers money! weoo
 
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Its too late to matter now. The recession and MATCH have already down the damage. We can moan and moan or just enjoy the event and make the most of it.
 
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