Let’s help Cape Town snatch 9 awards at World Travel Awards Africa

Cape Town has once again been nominated across different categories for the prestigious World Travel Awards Africa Region 2023 – highly regarded as the gold standard award within the travel and tourism industry.

Bringing global attention to local destinations, attractions and operators, these awards will bring more and more tourists to our shore each year and ultimately enable our tourism industry to continue breathing life into our regional economy.

Of course, our beloved Mother City and all it has to offer has already claimed an entire cabinet of other prestigious accolades. One of these includes Condé Nast Traveller readers who ranked Cape Town as the 9th best city in the world.

The UK’s Telegraph newspaper has also named Cape Town the third-best global city, and the Halaal Travel Awards (2022) awarded the city with the Most Promising Muslim-friendly City Destination of The Year.

When the metro is awarded for its destination appeal, it makes headlines and reminds travellers why they should visit us – again!

This year, Cape Town is nominated in nine categories:

  • Cape Town International Airport in the category of Africa’s Leading Airport.
  • Robben Island, Table Mountain and V&A Waterfront for Africa’s Leading Tourist Attraction.
  • The Port of Cape Town in the Africa’s Leading Cruise Port category.
  • Africa’s Leading Beach Destination.
  • Affrica’s Leading Business Travel Destination.
  • Africa’s Leading City Destination.
  • Africa’s Leading Festival & Event Destination.
  • Africa’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination.
  • The Cape Town International Convention Centre in the category of Africa’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre.

Additionally, some of Cape Town’s top hotels have also been nominated in various categories.

Let’s get voting across all categories to help Cape Town and its hotels stand a chance at winning the ultimate travel excellence accolade.

Head to worldtravelawards.com and select your winning choice in each category before Sunday, 30 April.

Cape Town Tourism Head of Global PR & Communication, Briony Brookes to joins 702 to talk about the World Travel Awards and reflect on the nominations South Africa received. Read more

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