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New York-based business ethics and social responsibility think tank, the Ethisphere Institute, has voted Cape Town as one of the 10 cities in the world that are most likely to become a global sustainability centre by 2020.

A new five-star hotel under construction in Cape Town, the Coral International, will target Middle Eastern visitors, offering them luxurious rooms, conferencing and prayer facilities, halaal cuisine and no alcohol on the premises.

South Africa scooped a range of top awards at the recent World Travel Awards Africa ceremony, proving once again that it is the top travel destination on the continent.

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South Africa has made the list of the top 10 adventure travel destinations just released by iExplore.com, one of the United States’ most visited online travel guides. Destinations are ranked according to trips purchased by visitors to the site.

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A joint venture between Germany's Arabella Hotel Holdings and US-based Starwood Hotels and Resorts plans to build as many as eight new luxury hotels in South Africa, with at least two expected to be open in time for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

A delegation from South Africa will visit Oman tomorrow, Saturday 17 February 2007 to promote trade, tourism and investment in South Africa.

A delegation from South Africa will visit Qatar from Wednesday 14 February to 16 February 2007 to promote trade, tourism and investment in South Africa ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

The locals have long known it, and now UK visitors agree: South Africa is the most beautiful country on earth. In the 2006 Reader's Travel Awards by UK magazine Conde Nast Traveller, South Africa's scenery scored 97.8% - the highest in the world - with the country being voted the world's fifth-best tourist destination.