With white sand beaches, balmy temperatures and award-winning wine, Cape Town is a popular destination for tourists. And now South Africa’s spectacular Mother City has regained its position as the best value destination in a new getaway costs study. According to the annual Long Haul Holiday Report from Post Office Travel Money, Cape Town has earned the title as the best budget long haul trip for the first time in six years, overtaking cities in Vietnam and Japan’s capital Tokyo.
Brits will also find it easier to get there this winter with Norse Atlantic launching low-cost flights from Gatwick next month to take on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Local price falls, together with a weaker South African rand, have combined to bring costs for Brits down by 12 percent since last autumn. At £55.
59, the cost of 10 tourist staples, including meals, snacks, drinks and sunscreen, made Cape Town the best value of the 32 resorts and cities surveyed. Post Office researchers found that Hoi An in Vietnam – 2023’s best value destination – has fallen to third place with local price rises resulting in a basket of £64.80.
However, the city features the report’s cheapest beer at £1.53. Tokyo, another former number one destination, moved from third to second at £64.
07, helped by local costs dropping 13.5 percent. Bali, remained in fourth position with a barometer cost of £67.
70, down eight percent year on year. Jamaica is the only one of six Caribbean destinations surveyed t.
