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Durban ranks in world's top destinations for 2015

Durban ranks in world's top destinations for 2015

Date: 2015-01-23

The New York Timeshas named Durbanas one of the must-see places of 2015. Coming in seventh in a list of 52 places across the world, Durban beats Cape Town - which did not even make the list (to be fair, it was number one last year).

Still, Durban's showing this year is a fresh take, and a reminder that South Africa is more than the sum parts of Table Mountain and the V&A Waterfront.

Sarah Khan, the writer of the Durban New York Times profile, has previously sung Durban's praises in a feature in New York magazine, where she said of the city: "They may not sell as many guidebooks as their A-list counterparts, but they have just as much charm and excitement - with way, way fewer tourists."

According to aSouth African tourism hub, Khan also praisedDurban's "spectacular beaches" with their temperate Indian Ocean waters; the world-renowned aquarium at uShaka Marine World, "which is actually much larger than its Cape Town counterpart"; and the I Heart Market, which is held in the world-class Moses Mabhida stadium for its "hand-stitched leather iPad cases, tribal-print baseball caps, and mod vintage dresses by local artisans and collectors".

Durban, which hosted a record 1.2 million visitors during the festive season can be very proud of this accolade!