Fly 540 Africa

A list of Africa’s most visited cities has been released and Johannesburg has been ranked as the most popular destination city for the fourth. According to the 2016 Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index, a number of African cities faired in the list.

Johannesburg topped the list attracting 3.6 million international overnight visitors in 2016 while Cairo in Egypt is the second most visited African city with 1.5 million international overnight visitors followed. The third in the list is Cape Town of South Africa (1.4 million visitors) followed by Casablanca in Morocco (1 million visitors), and Durban in South Africa (831,000 visitors).

The 13 African cities ranked in the Index are Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Cairo, Casablanca, Accra, Nairobi, Beira, Dakar, Kampala, Lagos, Maputo and Tunis.

The Index provides more than a ranking of the 132 most visited cities around the world. It projects visitor volume and spend estimates for the 2016 calendar year, while delivering a deeper understanding of how people travel and spend around the world.

The world’s top destination cities

Bangkok, the top-ranked destination city by international overnight visitor arrivals, is projected to receive 21.47 million international overnight visitors in 2016, just ahead of second-ranked London, with 19.88 million visitors. Paris (18.03 million), Dubai (15.27 million) and New York (12.75 million) complete the top five.