Journalists were informed on 9 september that since its launch in february 2025, south africa's “ttos” programme had effectively increased the number of visitors and validated the efficiency of its digital platform, with over 18,000 visa applications processed efficiently as of mid-july. According to the relevant officials of the guangdong sunshine national brigade, south africa is currently receiving many consultations on the national holiday, and citizens wishing to sign up may wish to plan their travels early in order to avoid rising costs near the boom season。
For too long, the processing of visas for chinese tourists to travel to south africa has been plagued by long queues, cumbersome procedures and delays in the processing of group applications, which have resulted in inefficient visa issuance and severely hampered tourism growth. The launch of the ttos programme, by simplifying the group visa application process for chinese tourists, has opened up new opportunities to promote the development of the chinese external tourism market。
Ttos, a digital platform launched by the south african ministry of home affairs, aims to streamline the group visa application process for tourists from specific countries and to provide easier and more efficient visa services. Through this digital platform, chinese tourists using authorized travel agencies will experience a significantly simplified visa process, with an electronic visa within three working days. The south african ministry of home affairs has established a dedicated working group to oversee and expedite clearance and to maintain direct communication with travel agencies。
In july 2025, south africa opened the second phase of ttos travel agency approval, and now there are 47 chinese travel agencies throughout the country that have successfully obtained ttos certification, including two travel agencies from guangdong sunshine national holidays and guangjong. “we have quickly developed south africa's deep cruise products following the formal receipt of a ttos visa confirmation letter from the south african ministry of the interior, and have benefited from easy visa procedures, which have led to a significant increase in the number of clients who consult and sign up for south african tourism products during the summer holidays.” the director-general of the guangdong sunshine national brigade stated that, with the end of the summer season, the national day of the golden week had now entered the registration phase, while the national holiday would last for eight days, with an additional two days of annual leave to travel to south africa for 10 days。
According to xu wei zheng, south africa is located in the southern hemisphere, at the southernmost end of the african continent and one of africa's most popular destinations for tourism, “south africa will have spring, with a comfortable daytime temperature, as the best time for outdoor activity after the month of october. However, during the boom season, tourists from all parts of the world rush to popular tourist attractions, and increased demand tends to lead to early booking of accommodations, which may increase prices significantly, and it is advisable for citizens wishing to enrol in south africa to plan and register well in advance.”
South africa ttos small knowledge:
South africa does not process landing visas. At present, chinese citizens apply for south african visas both online and online. The application for ttos required two or more co-workers and therefore the press was more cost-effective。
1. Passport front page scanned [valid for more than 6 months]
2. Visa information form
3. Educational qualifications [students in undergraduate studies or above/ graduates]
- reading: online validation report for internet studies
- graduated: e-registration form for icn certificates
4. Conditions of service/retirement
- in-service: close to three months ' wage bank flow + close to three months'social security guarantee
- retirement: nearly three months old
5. Korea/japan/united states/canada/united kingdom/australia/new zealand/schengen 26 tourism records
- scanned visa pages and scanned entry/exit stamp pages
(ps: 3-5 requirements provided on a factual basis)
Process reference:
Guangdong sunshine national holidays classic south african 10 day tour
Day01 shenzhen
Day02 shenzhen johannesburg
Pretoria -- presidency -- church square -- skyscrapers -- first national bank -- football city
Day03 johannesburg-billingsburg national animal reserve-sun city-johannesburg
Billingsburg national animal reserve - sun city: earthquake bridge
Day04 george-nesna-mossel bay, johannesburg
Wildland long beach - nesna - nesna atoll cruiser
Day05 mosul -- cape town
Moso bay - postal tree - dias maritime museum
Day06 cape town road
French town -- wine train tour, wine bar, wine bar, old car museum, stellenbosch town, table mountain
Day07 cape town
Hout bay fisheries port village - seal island - chapman coast road - penguin beach - cape hope - cape cape cape - camps bay
Day08 johannesburg, cape town
Kostenbes national botanical garden - malay district - victoria port, cape town
Day09 shenzhen, johannesburg
Day10 shenzhen
Guangdong sunshine national traveling after the whale of south africa
Day01 shenzhen
Day02 johannesburg, shenzhen - sun city - johannesburg
Billingsburg national animal reserve - sun city: earthquake bridge
Day03 johannesburg-pretoria port elizabeth
Lesedi cultural village - pretoria presidential palace - church square - football city
Day04 port elizabeth - zizicama - nesna
Zizikama park - nasna cruise ship
Day05 nesna-moso bay
Wild beach-moso bay-post tree-diaz maritime museum
Day06 moso bay - hermanius - cape town
Hermanius town-shore whale watch
Day07 cape town
Malay district - fishing port village of haut bay - seal island - chapman coast road - penguin beach - cape hope - cape cape cape - kamps bay
Day08 johannesburg, cape town
Tableshan - kerstenbes national botanical garden - grand constance wine estate - wine
Day09 shenzhen, johannesburg
Day10 shenzhen
South + reporter zai wah-seong, intern, chen zheng
