{"id":39489,"date":"2013-06-06T12:34:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T10:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=39489"},"modified":"2013-06-06T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T11:07:15","slug":"sa-city-tops-africa-destination-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/39489\/sa-city-tops-africa-destination-list\/","title":{"rendered":"SA city tops Africa destination list"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2013 MasterCard<\/a> Top Global Destination Cities Index reveals that Johannesburg has taken the number one spot as Africa’s top destination.<\/p>\n

The MasterCard index rank cities by the number of international overnight visitor arrivals and the amount of money these visitors spend.<\/p>\n

Joburg is expected to see over 2.5 million (2,544,013) international visitors in 2013, spending US$2.6 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time in the Index\u2019s brief three year history, Johannesburg occupies the number one rank in terms of expected international visitor arrivals in Africa,\u201d said Philip Panaino<\/a>, division president, MasterCard, South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cHome to the continent\u2019s busiest airport and the air transport hub of southern Africa, Johannesburg has grown from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johannesburg beat out twelve other African countries to hit the top spot, the report showed – Cape Town, Durban, Cairo, Casablanca, Accra, Nairobi, Beira, Dakar, Kampala, Lagos, Maputo, and Tunis.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Johannesburg got the most international visitors from London (299,000 people), with Frankfurt (187,000 people) and Dubai (157,000 people) being the other big contributors.<\/p>\n

Cape Town was ranked as the second top destination in South Africa (9th in Africa) and Durban came in third (12th in Africa).<\/p>\n

Most visitors to Cape Town and Durban came from Dubia, the report showed.<\/p>\n

The top global destintion overall is Bangkok, attracting close to 16 million international overnight visitors; however, the city only ranked fourth in terms of the amount brought in from visitor spending.<\/p>\n

Top global destinations<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nCity<\/strong><\/td>\nOvernight visitors
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Spend<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBangkok<\/td>\n15.98 million<\/td>\n$14.3 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nLondon<\/td>\n15.96 million<\/td>\n$16.3 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nParis<\/td>\n13.92 million<\/td>\n$14.6 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n11.75 million<\/td>\n$13.5 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nNew York<\/td>\n11.52 million<\/td>\n$18.6 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nIstanbul<\/td>\n10.37 million<\/td>\n$8.6 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDubai<\/td>\n9.98 million<\/td>\n$10.4 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nKuala Lumpur<\/td>\n9.20 million<\/td>\n$7.8 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\n8.72 million<\/td>\n$6.3 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBarcelona<\/td>\n8.41 million<\/td>\n$8.9 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Top African destinations<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nCity<\/strong><\/td>\nOvernight visitors<\/strong><\/td>\nOvernight spend<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJohannesburg<\/td>\n2.54 million<\/td>\n$2.68 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nLagos<\/td>\n2.16 million<\/td>\n$0.92 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nCairo<\/td>\n2.08 million<\/td>\n$1.70 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTunis<\/td>\n1.74 million<\/td>\n$1.07 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nCasablanca<\/td>\n0.96 million<\/td>\n$0.80 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDakar<\/td>\n0.60 million<\/td>\n$0.54 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nAccra<\/td>\n0.53 million<\/td>\n$0.45 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nNairobi<\/td>\n0.50 million<\/td>\n$0.26 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCape Town<\/td>\n0.43 million<\/td>\n$0.45 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nEntebbe<\/td>\n0.32 million<\/td>\n$0.30 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

More on South Africa<\/h3>\n

What the world thinks of South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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SA business and innovation status<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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