Cape Town voted 2nd favourite overseas city
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Airlines, tour operators and hoteliers faced huge challenges this year with a “perfect storm” of recession and a slump in sterling making holidays more expensive at a time when people could least afford them. Despite this, however, many companies not only survived but thrived. Holidays are still regarded as top priorities for many, surveys show.
Certainly the number of readers taking part in this years Guardian, Observer and guardian.co.uk Travel Awards survey seems to show no loss of appetite for holidays — 19,248 gave their views this year, up from 17,000 last year.
Favourite overseas city
Sydney keeps the crown it took from Hong Kong last year. Cape Town, bracing itself for next year’s invasion of Soccer World Cup football fans, leaps up five places to No 2.
· Top five: 1. Sydney 2. Cape Town, South Africa 3. New York 4. San Francisco 5. Berlin
Other categories mentioned in the article are:
Favourite UK city
Favourite long-haul country
Favourite European country
Best UK hotel
Best overseas hotel
Favourite UK tourist attraction
Tags: Cape Town, soccer world cup, South Africa, Travel Awards
