I-Travel+Leisure Magazine kuleli sonto imemezele imiphumela elindelwe ngabomvu yenhlolovo yabo yaminyaka yonke ye-14 Enhle Kakhulu Emhlabeni, lapho abafundi bomagazini wabo bekala amadolobha angcono kakhulu emhlabeni, iziqhingi, amahhotela, uhambo lomkhumbi, nezinkampani zezindiza. Lolu shicilelo luthathwa njengomunye womagazini abahamba phambili emhlabeni ngempilo yohambo olusakazwa zinyanga zonke cishe abafundi abayisigidi emhlabeni wonke.
I-Cape Town yangena endaweni yesibili okhethweni lwe-Top Cities of the World, yaphuma endaweni yesithathu lapho iqeda khona ngo-2008 futhi ilandela ngemuva kancane komnqobi u-Udaipur, e-India.
Iqembu elinokuqonda labahambi, abafundi be-Travel+Leisure Magazine bakhethe izindawo ezingavamile e-Udaipur, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, ne-Chiang Mai ngaphambi kwabasolwa abavamile abafana ne-New York ne-Rome, eqede endaweni yesishiyagalombili neyesishiyagalolunye, ngokulandelana, isigaba se-Top Cities. IKapa iphinde yavotelwa njengeDolobha Elingcono Kakhulu e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, igibele phezu kwegagasi lamadolobha asenyakatho ne-Afrika afana neMarrakech yothando, iFez, iTel Aviv neCairo.
Lo mkhuba waqinisekiswa yi- UNWTOIncwadi ethi Barometer kaJuni 2009 eveza ukukhula ngamaphesenti amathathu ekuhambeleni kwamazwe ngamazwe e-Afrika ngekota yokuqala ka-3 - phezu kokukhula okungekuhle okubonwe emhlabeni wonke - ukwanda kwesidingo sezindawo ezisenyakatho ne-Afrika ezizungeze iMedithera kanye nokuvuselelwa kweKenya njengezwe. indawo yezokuvakasha.
U-Mariëtte du Toit-Helmbold, oyi-CEO ye-Cape Town Tourism, uthe mayelana nokutuswa kwakamuva: “Sijabule ngokuqashelwa iKapa njalo elikuthola njengelinye lamadolobha ayintandokazi futhi aphawuleka kakhulu emhlabeni. Ukufakwa kwamanye amahhotela aseKapa njengeThe Twelve Apostles Hotel, elikleliswe njengelinye lamahhotela angu-15 ahamba phambili emhlabeni, kanye neCape Grace Hotel ephume endaweni yesine emkhakheni weTop 5 City Hotels in Africa naseMiddle East, kugcizelela futhi. ukuthi iKapa linikeza isivakashi ingqalasizinda yezokuvakasha eseqophelweni eliphezulu kanye nezinsiza nezinkonzo ezisezingeni lomhlaba. Umklomelo ofana nalona awugcini nje ngokuhlonipha imboni yezokuvakasha ye-Mother City kodwa usekela umyalezo wokuthi iKapa selikulungele ukwamukela umhlaba ngeNdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA ka-2010™.
Bekugqame ukubakhona kwezinye izindawo zaseNingizimu Afrika ohlwini lwabangu-15 abaphuma phambili emkhakheni weThe World's Best Hotels 2009, njengoba iSingita Sabi Sand isendaweni yesithupha, iSabi Sabi Private Game Reserve (Earth Lodge) isendaweni yesithathu, nezindondo ezihlonishwayo zizoya eKapa. Ilungu lezokuvakasha, iBushmans Kloof, etholakala ezintabeni zaseCedarberg.
“Siwushayela ihlombe umkhakha wezokuvakasha ngokuzibophezela kwawo ekwenzeni umsebenzi oncomekayo kanye nesipiliyoni esimangalisayo sezivakashi,” kusho u-du Toit-Helmbold. Indondo yakamuva ye-Mother City ilandela uchungechunge lwezindondo zangaphambili ezifana ne-National Geographic Traveller okuhlanganisa neKapa endaweni yayo ethi 50 Places of a Lifetime, i-Conde Nast Traveler eyibiza ngokuthi iDolobha Eliphezulu e-Afrika kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi (indawo yesine Emhlabeni), kanye ne-UK Telegraph ivotela i-Cape Town idolobha labo eliyintandokazi yangaphandle.
