The renowned global magazine ‘Time Out’ mentions the legislative capital of South Africa among the World’s Best Cities 2024. The magazine placed Cape Town second and was recognized as the best destination place for travellers in the latest edition of January 23, 2024.
Reportedly, Time Out has just released the latest report on the World’s 50 Best Cities that is based on the Time Out Index. The prestige publication conducted an extensive survey of over 20,000 city dwellers around the world.
Notably, the Time Out Index criteria primarily included culture, food (based on quality and affordability), nightlife, and how comfortable the city makes people feel.
Time Out conducted the survey with its network of editors. The list reflects the cities that are considered great places to visit and live.
Talking about the World’s Best Cities, the Time Out Magazine wrote, “What makes a city great? Some would say it’s all about buzzing neighbourhoods, affordable food and drink and a mighty selection of things to do from art galleries and museums to live music and theatre.”
The global magazine added, “Others might highlight things like the happiness of its locals, access to green space and strong community vibes.”
Editor Grace Beard writes, “We factor in all that and more in our annual survey, which asks city-dwellers around the world to tell us what it’s like to live, work and play in their hometowns right now.”
The editor added, “Thanks to the opinions and insights of locals on the ground and our global network of city experts, we’re able to create a global ranking of the World’s Best Cities and the 2024 results are in.”
Editor Beard mentioned that in previous years, the ranking remained based on the global survey of the people who knew their city best, i.e., ‘the locals’.
“Working with the research company Potentia Insight, we surveyed thousands of city-dwellers about the quality and affordability of food, culture and nightlife in their city,” writes editor Grace Beard.
While conducting the survey doubts such as; How the city makes people feel: are happy there? Is it a Beautiful Place? Is it easy to make social connections there? were all cleared by asking the locals, residents and the tourists.
The numerous responses were the reason that gave the analysers a unique insight and reality of living in the world’s greatest cities.
As per the sources, Time Out gave a special shout-out to Cape Town’s cultural offerings, from its late-night museum evenings over the summer months to its theatre and comedy offerings at Theatre on the Bay, as well as the newly opened Time Out Market Cape Town.
Cape Town was analysed by a contributor from South Africa – Richard Holmes. Writing about the South African capital, he mentioned what makes the city great.
Holmes wrote, “What makes us great: With Table Mountain – laced with well-marked walking trails – at the heart of a peninsula fringed by glorious beaches, it’s not hard to be smitten by Cape Town’s natural beauty.”
“But spend a few days here and the Mother City’s multicultural soul quickly shines through,” write Holmes.
He mentioned the District Six Museum, Robben Island and various other visiting places such as Bo-Kaap and wrote, “In the District Six Museum and on Robben Island you’ll get to grips with the country’s turbulent history remembering that South Africa marks 30 years of democracy in 2024, while the colourful homes of Bo-Kaap are an invitation to discover the city’s vibrant Cape Malay community.”
Explaining Cape Town, a contributor of South Africa added, “More and more visitors are using tourist dollars to support independent businesses in townships, while Cape Town’s creative landscape is alive with new energy.”
He said that the city Cape Town is the most LGBTQ+ friendly city, “Studios, galleries and public events abound – come for the Investec Cape Town Art Fair each February, while Cape Town is also famously the most LGBTQ+ friendly city on the continent.”
Richard Holmes brought up the reasons to visit the Cape Town and writes, “Visit now because the new Time Out Market Cape Town is buzzing! You’ll find a dozen of the city’s most creative chefs under a single roof, all set within an historic building on the charming harbourside V&A Waterfront.”
Moreover, the city scored the highest points in the analysis, “Cape Town scored highly across the board. A whopping 100 percent of locals said the city is beautiful and that it made them happy, while Cape Town’s culture scene ranked highest in the world for its quality.”
A link address is also added in the last to discover the best things to do in Cape Town.
In the survey, more than 100 well-travelled Time Out staff writers and editors, based all over the world were asked, which cities are particularly exciting places to visit right now.
Also, the international travel forecast has bounced back to the highest levels since 2019, many travellers will be planning a city break in 2024.
Other amazing cities that were mentioned by the Time Out global magazine in the World’s Best Cities 2024 are:
- New York City, US
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Berlin, Germany
- London, UK
- Madrid, Spain
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Liverpool, UK
- Tokyo, Japan
- Rome, Italy
- Porto, Portugal
- Paris, France
- Mumbai, India
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Chicago, Illinois
- Manchester, England
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Los Angeles, California
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Melbourne, Australia
- Naples, Italy
- Singapore
- Miami, Florida
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Lima, Peru
- Budapest, Hungary
- Beijing, China
- Dubai, UAE
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Sydney, Australia
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Manila, Philippines
- Seoul, South Korea
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- San Francisco, California
- Barcelona, Spain
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Austin, Texas
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Accra, Ghana
- Marseille, France
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Osaka, Japan
- Hong Kong, China
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada