Evaluate how improving air access and increasing direct international flights to South Africa can help achieve this objective.

According to question 1.6 in the provided source, the number of tourists in 2025 is 10.5 million.

The provided image does not contain the number of tourists for 2024. The instructions for Question 2 mention a "data table" and an "illustrated trend graph" which are not visible in the image and would likely contain this information.

The exact increase in the number of tourists from 2024 to 2025 would be calculated using the formula:

Since the number of tourists in 2024 is not provided in the visible source material, the exact increase cannot be calculated.