{"id":762567,"date":"2024-03-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=762567"},"modified":"2024-03-23T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T10:03:26","slug":"these-south-african-markets-have-been-ranked-among-the-best-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/762567\/these-south-african-markets-have-been-ranked-among-the-best-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"These South African markets have been ranked among the best in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South African farmers, street, and flea markets continue to draw widespread praise, sporting some of the best on the continent and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Gauteng-based markets have been ranked in the world’s top 20, while 12 South African markets haven been ranked in Africa’s top 20 according to a recently released ranking by Merchant Machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Victoria Yards market in Johannesburg and the Market @ The Sheds in Pretoria have been ranked as the 7th and 15th highest-rated tourist markets in the world, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company’s approach involved collecting publicly available reviews from Trip Advisor, specifically those labelled as “Farmers Market” or “Street and Flea Market”. This data collection focused on reviews that met a minimum threshold, based on their 5-star rating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, the United States saw the lion’s share of highly ranked markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Merchant Machine rankings, the top 20 best markets in the world are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranking<\/strong><\/td>Market<\/strong><\/td>Location<\/strong><\/td>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Provo Farmers Market<\/td>Utah, United States<\/td>97%<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Bazari Orbeliani<\/td>Tbilisi, Georgia<\/td>96%<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Sante Fe Society of Artists<\/td>New Mexico, United States<\/td>95.2%<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Gdanski Bazar Natury<\/td>Gdansk, Poland<\/td>92.6%<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Red River Market<\/td>North Dakota, United States<\/td>92.5%<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Native Art Market<\/td>Arizona, United States<\/td>92%<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/strong><\/td>Victoria Yards<\/strong><\/td>Johannesburg, South Africa<\/strong><\/td>91.9%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Feira De Artesanato De Faro<\/td>Faro, Portugal<\/td>91.7%<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Rathcormac Artisan Food and Craft Market<\/td>Sligo, Ireland<\/td>91.1%<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Athens Farmers Market<\/td>Ohio, United States<\/td>90.6%<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Portland Farmers Market<\/td>Oregon, United States<\/td>89.3%<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Tift Park Community Market<\/td>Georgia, United States<\/td>89.3%<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Tiny Traders Village<\/td>Galway, Ireland<\/td>88.5%<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Holland Farmers Market<\/td>Michigan, United States<\/td>88%<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/strong><\/td>Market @ The Sheds<\/strong><\/td>Pretoria, South Africa<\/strong><\/td>87%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Street of the Tentmakers<\/td>Cairo, Egypt<\/td>86.2%<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Carrboro Farmers Market<\/td>North Carolina, United States<\/td>86%<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Brigantine Farmers Market<\/td>New Jersey, United States<\/td>85.1%<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Community Gardens<\/td>Texas, United States<\/td>84.6%<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Troy Waterfront Farmers Market<\/td>New York, United States<\/td>84.4%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Victoria Yards market<\/a>, which is held on the first Sunday of every month, sports a 91.9% 5-star rating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our market is a perfect destination for discovering unique and handmade goods, and we encourage local artisans to share their creations,” said the market, which is known to also present a vast array of food and drink stalls. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Image: @victoria_yards on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The Market @ The Sheds<\/a> is a monthly market which has received an 87% 5-star rating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market is described as an “African urban experience, [which] merges the best of city markets with the flavours of South Africa\u2019s Capital, with local entrepreneurs, designers, artists and musicians.” It sports over 60 stands, 7 live bands\/performers, pop-up art exhibitions, creative activations and an open stage where local artists create a laid-back, acoustic, jazzy atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Image: Market @ The Sheds website<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Looking at Africa’s highest-rated markets, South Africa sports 12 of the continent\u2019s top 20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n