The number of transactions from June 1 to July 11 was 2.2 million (55,000 per day on average), up 79 per cent from approximately 1.2 million (30,000 a day on average) during the same 41 days in 2009.
Visa spending data indicated the greatest percentage of contributors came from the United States (19.05 per cent), followed by the United Kingdom (19.03 per cent), Australia (4.7 per cent), Brazil (4.2 per cent) and France (3.4 per cent). The biggest spenders from the African continent were Mozambique (£5.3 million), Botswana (£4.89 million) and Angola (£4.26 million).
"This is the first FIFA World Cup that Visa has sponsored and it’s great to see the financial impact the tournament is having on the South African economy. International visitors are spending with their Visa cards, right across the 120,000 merchants that accept Visa in South Africa," said Colin Grannell, Executive Vice-President of Partnership Marketing at Visa Europe.
Visa is one of six global partners of FIFA, with exclusive global rights in the Financial Services product category through to 2014.
