Cape Town has bagged a double at the 2021 World Travel Awards! World’s Leading Festival and World’s Leading Event Destination 2021 for the second consecutive year was the good news for the city from Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis.
“For the second consecutive year we have been named the World’s Leading Festival and Event Destination, which is fantastic news for everyone that works in and enjoys our wonderful hospitality industry.
It’s an absolute honour to receive this accolade and just further confirmation of Cape Town’s ability to host top-tier events successfully and at a level seen in many other parts of the world. It is also evidence of the appeal our City holds as an attractive global tourism location.
What is even more humbling, is that this award is voted for by the public. So thank you to everyone who cast their vote and to all the wonderful people behind the scenes who help to make Cape Town what it is.
There’s also no doubt that we’re able to host such amazing events and our hospitality industry offers such great value because of the excellent infrastructure in Cape Town, and the skills of every local who enables us to compete with the best of the best.
As we navigate our way through the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, this accolade will help us to remain resilient and advance the recovery of our local economy.
We recently launched a second round of the Pocket Friendly Campaign to encourage South Africans to visit Cape Town this summer. With international travel bans being implemented following the emergence of the new Covid-19 variant (but which have now thankfully been lifted), Cape Town has pivoted quickly to an innovative domestic tourism campaign to help our tourism industry this summer season.
Cape Town is a home to live in, a city to invest in, to work in and the best destination in the world in which to host your event.
It is a privilege to be the Mayor of this city of hope and beauty.
We will continue to build on this foundation with dedication and inspiration to foster greater pride in Cape Town.”
Congratulations from MapMyWay to the City of Cape Town for the double whammy at the 2021 World Travel Awards!
