South Africa tops African region for travel

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa on June 5 named Sub-Saharan Africa's top 10 countries in travel and tourism competitiveness, with South Africa taking the lead.

South Africa tops the African region and ranks 48th globally, Seychelles comes second, followed by Mauritius, Namibia, Kenya, Cape Verde, Botswana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Zambia, says the WEF Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015, released on the sidelines of the WEF on Africa.

South Africa's high rank is due to its relatively good infrastructure compared with other African countries, and its efforts to reduce "red tape" and encourage business development in the tourism industry, according to the report.