Cape Town comes out tops in Long Haul Holiday Report 2024
Cape Town has reclaimed its position as the best-value long haul destination for British tourists, according to the 2024 Long Haul Holiday Report from Post Office.
Every year, the Post Office Travel Money Long Haul Holiday Report highlights the top destinations where UK travellers can get the best value for their money.
They researched 32 faraway destinations worldwide and compared the costs of common holiday items like a cup of coffee, a bottle of water, and a three-course meal for two to find out which destinations offer the best value for money.
The Mother City was then found to be the best of the best, cost-wise.
“Cape Town, South Africa is now the top best-value destination surveyed. Thanks to falling local prices and a weaker South African rand, British holidaymakers are seeing costs drop by 12% compared to last year” Post Office wrote.
“At £55.59, the cost of 10 tourist typical staples – including meals and drinks – in Cape Town has fallen to the level last seen when South Africa topped the chart in 2018. This comes at a time when British Airways has announced an expansion in flights to Cape Town. Post Office researchers found that the latest barometer basket for Cape Town is over 14 per cent lower than in last year’s best value destination Hoi An, Vietnam, which has fallen to third place after seeing prices rise by over 21 per cent to £64.80.” Post Office said in their report.
The 10 typical tourist ‘staple’ items, included:
- a cup of filter coffee,
- a 330ml bottle of local lager,
- a 330ml bottle of cola,
- a 175ml glass of wine,
- a cocktail,
- a small chocolate bar,
- a 1.5l bottle of supermarket mineral water,
- a 200ml bottle of suncream,
- a 50ml tube/bottle of insect repellent, and
- a three-course evening meal for two adults including a bottle of house wine.
The Top 10 best value long haul destinations
The ten destinations that came out cheapest overall were as follows:
| Rank | Destination | Total cost |
| 1 | Cape Town, South Africa | £52.66 |
| 2 | Tokyo, Japan | £64.07 |
| 3 | Hoi An, Vietnam | £64.80 |
| 4 | Bali, Indonesia | £67.70 |
| 5 | Mombasa, Kenya | £68.53 |
| 6 | Delhi, India | £74.90 |
| 7 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | £76.47 |
| 8 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | £78.14 |
| 9 | Santiago, Chile | £88.92 |
| 10 | Montego Bay, Jamaica | £93.74 |
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