South Africa's most visited tourist attractions in 2016!

According to South Africa Tourism's 2016 Annual Tourism Report, the top three most-visited attractions or landmarks in South Africa are located in Cape Town. The V&A Waterfront was South Africa's most-visited attraction or landmark with 1 101 000 visitors (tourists) in 2016, followed by Cape Town's Central City, the most-visited tourist attraction of 2015, with 1 088 000 visitors and Cape Point with 862 000 visitors.

Cape Town from Robben Island

Attractions or landmarks visited by tourists in South Africa 2016:

1. V&A Waterfront - 1 101 000 visitors
2. Cape Town Central City - 1 088 000 visitors
3. Cape Point - 862 000 visitors
4. Sandton City / Mandela Square - 818 000 visitors
5. Table Mountain Cableway - 786 000 visitors
   Table Mountain (not cableway) - 352 000 visitors
6. The Winelands - 669 000 visitors
7. Camp's Bay - 511 000 visitors
8. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens - 447 000 visitors
9. Garden Route - 402 000 visitors
10. Clifton Beach - 374 000 visitors
11. Robben Island - 337 000 visitors
12. Kruger National Park - 294 000 visitors
    via Skukuza, Numbi, Malelane, Crocodile Bridge
13. Apartheid Museum - 262 000 visitors
14. Tsitsikamma National Park - 250 000 visitors
15. Eastgate Mall (Johannesburg) - 233 000 visitors
16. Mandela House (Soweto) - 227 000 visitors
17. Cape Town Ostrich Ranch / Cape Point Ostrich Farms - 226 000 visitors
18. The Karoo / Karoo National Park - 193 000 visitors
19. Tour of Soweto - 212 000 visitors
20. Union Buildings (Pretoria) - 179 000 visitors

2016 Annual Tourism Report (pdf) >>