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Super rich tourists love SA despite visa rules

Source: Fin24, 29/12/2015


Cape Town - South Africa was the most popular African destination for
the super-rich during the 12-month period to September 2015, with
about 11 000 multi-millionaires visiting the country.
The term "multi-millionaires" refers to individuals with net assets of
$10m (about R150m) or more.
According to a survey on millionaire tourism in Africa, released by
New World Wealth, SA remained in the top spot among multi-millionaires
despite new visa rules "that made it more difficult for visitors to go
to South Africa".
The most popular destinations within SA for these visitors included
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Umhlanga, Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, the
Kruger National Park (mainly around Sabi Sands) and the Garden Route
(mainly around Knysna).
Africa received about 43 000 multi-millionaire visitors during the 12
months to September 2015. Major destinations for them outside SA
included Mauritius, the Seychelles, Marrakech, Casablanca, Cairo,
Nairobi, the Serengeti in Tanzania, Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, the
Masai Mara in Kenya, Livingstone in Zambia and the Okavango Swamps in
Botswana. Gorilla safaris in Uganda were also popular.
The second most popular African country for the super-rich to visit,
according to the latest report, is Morocco with 4 000 such visitors,
followed by Botswana (3 000), Kenya (3 000), the Seychelles (3 000),
Tanzania (2 000), Egypt (2 000), Mauritius (2 000), Uganda (1 000),
Zambia (1 000), Mozambique (1 000) and Nigeria (1 000).
The survey also determined the top 10 rated hotels in Africa
(excluding lodges) for 2015. La Mamounia in Marrakech, Morocco, came
out tops, followed by the 12 Apostles Hotel & Spa in Cape Town and the
Royal Mansour, also in Marrakech. Other SA hotels among the top 10
include The Oyster Box in Umhlanga north of Durban (5th), the Lost
City and Sun City (6th), the Cape Grace (8th) and the Beverley Hills
Hotel (9th) also in Umhlanga.
Franschhoek features strongly among the top rated small boutique
hotels (fewer than 30 rooms) in Africa, according to the survey. La
Petite Dauphine is rated number 1, the Franschhoek Country House third
and La Residence fifth. North Island on the Seychelles (2nd) and
Cleopatra (4th) in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands round off the top five
in this category.
Sabi Sands is home to three of the top 10 rated safari lodges in
Africa, according to the survey. The Savanna lodge is third, the
Londolozi camp fifth and the Singita Ebony lodge eighth. The
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge in Tanzania took the top spot and SA's Ngala
Tented Camp in Timbavati came second


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