South Africa named world's best country to visit

South Africa has been named as the world's best destination to visit by Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom (UK).

Posted Africanews360 July 12, 2023 9 Min Read

Updated 2023/07/12 at 12:23 PM

The Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom (UK) has named South Africa as the world’s best destination to visit.

Readers surveyed by the UK newspaper say South Africa is the world’s best tourist destination.

The right-wing paper gushes over the beauty of Cape Town, calling it “a supermodel at the foot of Table Mountain”.

It also hails the “fine vintages” of South Africa’s wine country and calls the Garden Route “a ribbon of road-trip nirvana”.

Kenya and Botswana also rank in the Telegraph’s top 10, at number seven and number 10 respectively.

Check out the full list below:

Country	2023	2019	2018	2017	2015/16	2014
South Africa	1	5	2	3	3	3
New Zealand	2	1	1	1	1	1
Maldives	3	3	3	2	2	2
Japan	4	2	4	4	4	6
Australia	5	8	8	6	6	5
Italy	6	10	13	10	14	12
Kenya	7	21	10	21	27	22
India	8	15	17	15	26	19
Costa Rica	9	11	14	14	20	24
Botswana	10	6	5	9	10	7
Greece	11	18	21	28	29	29
Sri Lanka	12	13	12	12	11	15
Mauritius	13	25	16	19	17	13
Canada	14	7	11	8	16	11
Seychelles	15	19	24	24	7	16
Namibia	16	9	9	7	9	14
Tanzania	17	12	7	11	8	8
Vietnam	18	20	20	20	18	17
Thailand	19	26	26	22	24	21
Norway	20	23	36	35	39	44
Iceland	21	27	18	17	21	27
Croatia	22	31	25	23	30	31
Indonesia	23	33	31	26	33	37
Jordan	24	39	37	54	44	45
Peru	25	14	15	13	15	9
Ecuador	26	29	28	34	23	26
Portugal	27	42	43	42	48	55
Argentina	28	50	34	46	51	n/a
Spain	29	48	51	49	45	51
Oman	30	51	40	48	46	43
Barbados	31	35	29	25	22	20
Chile	32	32	23	29	32	35
Cuba	33	45	27	27	19	18
Israel	34	44	38	33	28	36
Malaysia	35	53	55	45	57	n/a
United States	36	24	22	18	13	10
Antigua and Barbuda	37	46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Colombia	38	41	41	37	41	46
Brazil	39	56	48	43	38	33
France	40	58	56	55	50	49
Turkey	41	34	52	58	59	n/a
Slovenia	42	43	49	50	52	n/a
Philippines	43	40	44	38	42	48
Zambia	44	54	33	40	35	44
Zimbabwe	45	86	54	79	79	n/a
Grenada	46	64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mexico	47	52	30	30	36	30
Austria	48	59	53	53	47	42
Morocco	49	68	67	74	90	n/a
Finland	50	78	61	76	73	n/a
Saint Lucia	51	61	47	47	40	38
Switzerland	52	57	59	56	55	n/a
Singapore	53	37	50	51	60	n/a
Cyprus	54	60	63	60	63	n/a
Cambodia	55	38	32	32	37	42
Egypt	56	80	89	87	88	n/a
Montenegro	57	74	57	57	68	n/a
United Kingdom	58	65	76	68	n/a	n/a
Denmark	59	70	66	64	74	n/a
Estonia	60	79	69	77	76	n/a
Malta	61	93	85	80	71	n/a
Sweden	62	67	62	61	61	n/a
Ireland	63	73	82	78	75	n/a
Poland	64	75	80	71	81	n/a
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65	72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Saint Kitts and Nevis	66	81	77	83	69	n/a
United Arab Emirates	67	97	92	93	99	n/a
Czech Republic	68	88	84	72	80	n/a
Hungary	69	82	74	65	70	n/a
Netherlands	70	77	79	84	n/a	n/a
Bahamas	71	83	64	66	72	n/a
Latvia	72	107	94	90	87	n/a
Cape Verde	73	102	105	101	n/a	n/a
Uruguay	74	101	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jamaica	75	76	68	59	56	n/a
Germany	76	95	90	86	82	n/a
Trinidad and Tobago	77	87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Slovakia	78	106	99	96	95	n/a
China	79	92	86	73	58	n/a
Romania	80	100	97	88	96	n/a
Andorra	81	114	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lithuania	82	96	91	95	85	n/a
Albania	83	115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Panama	84	111	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bosnia and Herzegovina	85	108	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dominica	86	121	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Vatican City	87	105	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Belgium	88	113	103	102	n/a	n/a
Dominican Republic	89	103	87	75	84	n/a
Saudi Arabia	90	119	109	113	n/a	n/a
Bulgaria	91	112	98	98	102	n/a
Luxembourg	92	118	104	107	n/a	n/a
Serbia	93	116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Monaco	94	109	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Gibraltar	95	123	106	105	n/a	n/a
Qatar	96	124	108	112	n/a	n/a
Myanmar	n/a	16	6	5	5	4
Nepal	n/a	22	19	16	12	25
Bhutan	n/a	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Uganda	n/a	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Uzbekistan	n/a	28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Madagascar	n/a	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Georgia	n/a	36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Laos	n/a	47	39	41	31	28
Falkland Islands	n/a	49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ethiopia	n/a	55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Russia	n/a	62	70	63	77	n/a
Lebanon	n/a	63	42	44	78	n/a
Fiji	n/a	66	45	36	54	n/a
Bolivia	n/a	69	73	81	49	71
Guatemala	n/a	71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ukraine	n/a	84	83	94	97	n/a
Nicaragua	n/a	85	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Belize	n/a	89	65	70	64	n/a
Mozambique	n/a	90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Taiwan	n/a	91	88	82	67	n/a
The Gambia	n/a	94	75	85	89	n/a
North Macedonia	n/a	98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
South Korea	n/a	99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tunisia	n/a	104	102	109	n/a	n/a
San Marino	n/a	110	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Eswatini	n/a	117	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Honduras	n/a	120	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Liechtenstein	n/a	122	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Macau	n/a	125	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Bahrain	n/a	126	107	111	n/a	n/a
Bermuda	n/a	n/a	46	39	25	23
British Virgin Islands	n/a	n/a	58	52	43	41
Greenland	n/a	n/a	35	31	34	54
Cayman Islands	n/a	n/a	60	62	53	n/a
Turks and Caicos	n/a	n/a	72	67	62	n/a
Hong Kong	n/a	n/a	71	69	66	n/a
US Virgin Islands	n/a	n/a	96	91	86	n/a
Papua New Guinea	n/a	n/a	81	92	92	n/a
Puerto Rico	n/a	n/a	93	89	93	n/a
Belarus	n/a	n/a	100	100	104	n/a
Venezuela	n/a	n/a	95	99	107	n/a
Pakistan	n/a	n/a	78	103	n/a	n/a
Moldova	n/a	n/a	101	106