According to the annual Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index, Johannesburg was the most popular destination city in Africa in 2016 with the city having welcomed 4.57 million international overnight visitors in 2016 - an impressive 24 percent increase in the previous year's 3.69 million visitors. Johannesburg was followed by Cape Town which rose from third place in 2015 to become the second most popular African destination city in 2016 with 1.52 million visitors.
To help us unpack and discuss this further we are joined on the line by:
1. Research Director at the World Travel and Tourism Council, Rochelle Turner
2. Simba Mandinyenya, Head of research and information management Retosa.
3. Laura Vercueil from Joburg tourism.
