Johannesburg among Top 100 Cities

Only one sub-Saharan city, Johannesburg, features on this year’s Euromonitor International Top 100 City Destinations 2019 report worldwide in terms of tourism arrivals.

The report, released this month, shows that Johannesburg (ranked 54th out of 100 cities) retained its ranking among the top 100, on account of continued business travel to South Africa. Further, while leading visitor destinations in the Middle East and Africa are concentrated within the Gulf region, Johannesburg is sixth out of the top 10 cities in this region.

According to a spokesperson for Joburg Tourism, Johannesburg had also been consistently ranked as the most-visited city in Africa since 2013, according to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index. In compiling the annual report, over 400 cities were researched and the list of the top-100 cities for 2019 is based on 2018 international arrivals. Arrivals are defined as international tourists, i.e. any person visiting another country for at least 24 hours, for a period not exceeding 12 months, and staying in paid or unpaid, collective or private accommodation. Each arrival is counted separately and includes people travelling more than once a year and people visiting several cities during one trip.

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