The City of Cape Town says it intends making ‘tourism a game-changer’.
Cape Town has been voted the best city in the world to visit for the seventh consecutive year by readers of Britain’s The Telegraph, beating Vancouver and Kyoto, Japan, in second and third place respectively.
The city’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, James Vos, said in a statement: ‘This is yet another feather in our cap.
‘Accolades like these do not simply fall out of the sky. The fact that thousands of travellers have voted Cape Town as the best city to visit is as a result of the hard work delivered by the City’s Place Marketing team and our destination marketing partner, Cape Town Tourism.’
Looking ahead, Vos said: ‘By focussing on creating more community-based offerings, while promoting the already impressive sites and attractions Cape Town has to offer, I intend to make tourism a game-changer for our city.’
The city has recently approved a new Tourism Development Framework, the objective of which was to ‘boost cultural experiences and help diversify tourism products’.
‘This will translate into more involvement from specific communities who will be able to benefit from the millions of visitors we have every year,’ Vos said.