Cape Town is top
Nov. 29th, 2006 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The 19th annual Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards has voted Cape Town as the number one city in Africa and the Middle East and has been ranked as the eighth city in the world.
In this year’s awards, Cape Town beat Marrakech, Morocco, Jerusalem and Israel to the crown of the top city in Africa, and in the world category, they were beaten by cities such as Sydney, Florence and San Francisco. Rated on ambience, culture/sites, friendliness, lodging, restaurants and shopping, Cape Town scored 82.8 on a scale of 100.
“We are extremely pleased by these results which just once again confirms that Cape Town is one of the world’s most popular tourism destinations, beating some of the toughest competition, and that we’ve got what it takes to give our visitors that once-in-a-lifetime travel experience,” said Chief Operating Officer of Cape Town Routes Unlimited, Barry Ackers. “We continue to build on this reputation as we prepare for an influx of an estimated 2.8 million international and domestic tourists this summer season.”
