Our latest salary survey showed a great improvement in the fortunes of travel agents in South Africa, comparing the start of 2021 with the end of the year.
Of course, this doesn’t acknowledge the agents who left the industry and went on to find new careers outside travel.
The most noteworthy item in our December 2021 salary poll, was that 36% of agents said their monthly salary was back to 100% of how it was before COVID. Those salaries might have even exceeded the pre-COVID figures. 555 agents participated in the poll.
Comparing January 2021 with December 2021, the improvement is visible – this is the position: