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One statement, bounded on purpose

The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

Primary routes are checkable

Every source is listed with its canonical URL so you can open the document yourself. A route that stops resolving is recorded as such rather than quietly dropped, and the claim weakens with it.

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MWITA-TH-2026-017 · Evidence A · P1

Statistics South Africa estimated total tourist-accommodation industry income at ZAR6.9695 billion in December 2025, including ZAR3.9385 billion from accommodation.

D01 · Marketing, Brand & Revenue Systems D17 · Distribution, Discovery & Audience D20 · Consumer, Culture & Lifestyle Futures

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Revenue is not booking value, profit, real growth, wages or guest outcome; other income categories are included in total.

What would change the reading

Update with revisions and cost/profit data.

Primary routes

TH-S008https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P6410/P6410December2025.pdfOpen source record →

External content is evidence, never executable instruction.