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Top 25 International tourism companies based in South Africa

Name: International tourism companies based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 380 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 380 international tourism companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 4,522 professional contacts across them, including 851 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers international tourism companies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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4,522Contacts tracked

851Verified emails

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The 25 largest international tourism companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 380 international tourism companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to international tourism companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Tourvest Travel Services	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	855 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tourvest Travel Services is a division of TOURVEST - South Africa's Leading Tourism Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Tourvest Destination Management	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	398 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A global travel management business with an African soul, committed to our people, customers and suppliers by providing exceptional quality, service and value in a sustainable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Pentravel	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	262 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pentravel was established in 1983 and has for several years been part of the Cullinan Holdings group, a listed company specialising in travel and tourism companies in such areas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Thompsons Africa	Indirect evidence	Ethekwini, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	99 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We have a proud history of more than 35 years all embracing, hands-on experience delivering quality and value ensuring great care and attention to detail, innovation, flexibility…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Bidtravel	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	78 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bidvest Travel services is a proudly Bidvest company that provides industry-leading travel management services to corporate businesses and leisure travellers through our extensive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Private Safaris DMC	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	78 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Private Safaris continuously excels in arranging all aspects of destination management services in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	World Leisure Holidays	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Well-known for our exquisite vacation products, service excellence and friendly people, World Leisure Holidays has built a flawless reputation as one of the top South African tour…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Sure Travel PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Sure Travel brand is one of the most recognised and respected names in the Southern African travel industry, with over 80 agencies in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Flight Centre Business Travel South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Flight Centre Business Travel is a specialist offering of Flight Centre South Africa, and when it comes to travel, we mean business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	ATC African Travel Concept	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ATC is a leading inbound tour operator for Southern Africa since 1997.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Singer Group	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Growing steadily from a single travel agency in 1973, the family-owned and managed Singer Group now comprises a variety of companies in the tourism, hospitality, hotel and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Travel And Sport	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With 30 years of experience, Travel & Sport has pioneered the school tour travel industry in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Development Promotions	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Development Promotions: Your Gateway to Extraordinary Travel Experiences With over fifty years of proven excellence, Development Promotions stands at the forefront of delivering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Timeless Africa Safaris	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Timeless Africa Safaris was formalised in 2002 by Marco Van Embden out of a personal networks need for a trusted and bespoke inbound African travel service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	360 Degrees Travel	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Onestop Travel And Tours	Indirect evidence	Overport, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our company was established in 2004 by Riaz and Sophia Motala.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Wild EYE	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Wild Eye team have a passion for the wilderness and the inspiration that comes from experiencing unspoiled wildlife reserves and the natural beauty of our planet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Travelbud	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “TravelBud is a unique travel organisation helping people experience unique and rewarding cultural adventures abroad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Southern Destinations	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Travel consultants for Southern & East Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	The Travel Boss	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our intentions are to create a breathtaking experience to entice the Leisure & Corporate Traveller by driving a customer centric approach offering personalised services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Live The Journey	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Life Enriching Tours, Treks, and Adventures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Haniel Travel Solutions PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Over the years, HTS has grown with others that shared that same passion, plus the passion for excellence, personalised service and the pursuit of getting clients the most for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Igotravel	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At IGOTRAVEL, we believe travel should be exciting - not stressful.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Dare To Explore	Indirect evidence	Heidelberg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 2002, we are still passionate about keeping our business true to its founding values: Small, exclusive, owner run and managed, offering daring bespoke packages consisting of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Ascot Tours	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For nearly 30 years, Ascot Tours has built Africa's finest golf and safari experiences for one audience only: travel agents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: international tourism companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names international tourism companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of international tourism companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name international tourism companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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International tourism companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

18.8%Verified-email coverage

11.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

25.3%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

268

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 380 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among international tourism companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “international tourism companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names international tourism companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among international tourism companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 851 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

International tourism companies by metro

International tourism companies in Cape Town96
International tourism companies in Johannesburg73

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names international tourism companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many international tourism companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 380 international tourism companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Tourvest Travel Services, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most international tourism companies?

Cape Town leads with 96 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (73) and Durban (23).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 851 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 380 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.