Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Travel+Leisure Magazine i kēia pule i nā hopena i manaʻo nui ʻia o kā lākou 14th makahiki World's Best poll, kahi e helu ai ka poʻe heluhelu o kā lākou makasina i nā kūlanakauhale maikaʻi loa o ka honua, nā mokupuni, nā hōkele, nā moku holo moana, a me nā mokulele. Manaʻo ʻia kēia paʻi ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā makasina huakaʻi huakaʻi alakaʻi o ka honua me ka neʻe ʻana o ka mahina ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona mau mea heluhelu ma ka honua.
Ua holo ʻo Cape Town i ke kūlana ʻelua ma ke koho balota ʻo Top Cities of the World, hoʻokahi wahi mai ko lākou kūlana kolu i pau i ka makahiki 2008 a ma hope wale nō o ka lanakila nui ʻo Udaipur, India.
ʻO kahi hui mākaʻikaʻi ʻike, ua koho ka poʻe heluhelu o Travel+Leisure Magazine i nā wahi exotic ʻo Udaipur, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, a me Chiang Mai ma mua o nā mea hoʻopiʻi maʻamau e like me New York a me Roma, i pau i ka ʻewalu a me ka ʻeiwa mau kūlana, i kēlā me kēia. ʻano o nā kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe. Ua koho hou ʻia ʻo Cape Town i ke kūlanakauhale maikaʻi loa ma ʻApelika a me ka Hikina Waena, e holo ana ma ka piko o ka nalu o nā kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻApelika ʻĀkau e like me Marrakech, Fez, Tel Aviv, a me Cairo.
Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia ʻano e ka UNWTOʻO ka hoʻolaha Barometer o Iune 2009 e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o 3 pakeneka o ka huakaʻi hele honua i ʻApelika i ka hapaha mua o 2009 - i mua o ka ulu maikaʻi ʻole i ʻike ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa - no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka noi no nā wahi ʻApelika ʻĀkau a puni ke Kaiwaenahonua a me ke ola hou ʻana o Kenya ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mariëtte du Toit-Helmbold, Luna Hoʻokele o Cape Town Tourism, no ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻana: “Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i loaʻa mau ʻia ʻo Cape Town ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi punahele a kaulana loa o ka honua. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o kekahi o nā hōkele o Cape Town e like me The Twelve Apostles Hotel, i helu ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā hōkele 15 maikaʻi loa o ka honua, a ʻo ka Cape Grace Hotel i hiki mai i ka ʻehā ma ka māhele ʻo Top 5 City Hotels ma ʻApelika a me ka Hikina Waena. Hāʻawi ʻo Cape Town i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi a me nā ʻoihana papa honua a me nā lawelawe. ʻO ka makana e like me kēia ʻaʻole wale ka mahalo i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Mother City akā kākoʻo i ka ʻōlelo e mākaukau ʻo Cape Town e hoʻokipa i ka honua no ka 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup™.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā waiwai ʻē aʻe o ʻApelika Hema ma ka papa inoa ʻo Top 15 o The World's Best Hotels 2009 category was striking, with Singita Sabi Sand ma ke ono o ke kūlana, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve (Earth Lodge) ma ke kolu o ke kūlana, a me nā hanohano kiʻekiʻe e hele ana i Cape Town. ʻO ka lālā mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Bushmans Kloof, aia ma nā mauna ʻo Cedarberg.
"Ke mahalo nei mākou i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi no kāna kūpaʻa koʻikoʻi i ka maikaʻi a me nā ʻike malihini kipa," wahi a du Toit-Helmbold. ʻO ka mahalo hou loa o ka Mother City e pili ana i nā makana mua e like me National Geographic Traveler me Cape Town i kā lākou koho 50 Places of a Lifetime, Conde Nast Traveler e kapa ana iā ia ʻo ke kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe ma ʻApelika a me ka Middle East (ʻehā ma ka Honua), a ʻo The UK Telegraph e koho ana iā Cape Town i ko lākou kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe.
