Cape Town Is Not The Most Popular Destination In Africa

Africa is a pretty big place – and people continuously travel to the continent for a variety of reasons.

But South Africa still remains one of the top destinations, as we are both a fine tourist destination and a lucrative financial hub.

This, from Quartz:

Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban are expected to attract close to six million visitors in 2016 alone, according to the newly-released 2016 MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.

The MasterCard index ranked 132 most visited countries in the world, with 13 African cities appearing in the list.

So you want to know what the most visited cities in Africa are? Fine:

With 3.6 million visitors, Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa, is set to be the most popular destination in Africa for the fourth year.

Most of the international visitors to Johannesburg come from London, Harare, Frankfurt, Maputo and Paris, and are expected to spend $1.73 billion by end of 2016.

Across the continent, Cairo is the second most visited African city with 1.55 million visitors, while trips to cities like Casablanca in Morocco and Nairobi saw the highest annual growth at 14.5% and 12.3% respectively.

Beira, Mozambique's second largest city and home to the country's busy port, also grew by 4.7% attracting close to 10,000 people.

If you're more of a numbers person, here's a graph:

No doubt, tourism is a massive source of income for many on the continent, although political unrest and terrorist attacks have taken its toll on many of the beautiful countries in the north and east.

But despite that, the continent's hotel industry has witnessed a healthy boost, with $1.7 billion expected to be invested in the industry in Sub-Saharan Africa next year – and here's a way to travel cheaper, faster.

Man, it's about time we had some positivity about Africa – we deserve so much better.

[source:quartz]

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