Championship in South Africa has over 309 000 tourists, who spent more than 309 million euros.

The country's economy has benefited from an estimated further increase to 0.5%.

The total number of tourists, 38% were from the African continent, 24% from Europe, 13% of Central and South America and 11% in North America.

The country has been most U.S. tourists (about 30,000), followed by Mozambique (25,000) and Britain (23,000).

Of the total money spent in South Africa for the duration of the championship, 103 million came from the pockets of Europeans, 69 million by supporters in Central and South America and 40 million have been spent by supporters of the African , The average amount spent by each supporter is 1,300 euros.

Of the total money, 30% were allocated to shopping, 20% for accommodation, food and beverage 19%, 16% entertainment and 11% on transport.

Each supporter was in average 10.3 days, 79% of them were accommodated at hotels and the remaining 21% from friends or relatives.

The total costs of soccer championship in South Africa were estimated at 3.2 billion.