Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 72 most popular Travel Types in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 72 largest travel types in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Hotels, Camping and Beaches lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7.4M people. Across all 72 entries the average audience size is 383k, and the largest, Hotels, reaches around 3.1M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each travel type, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 72, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Seaside resort 235k 41.8 61.0% Travel type
27 Spa town 216k 38.5 73.2% Travel type
28 Sailing 209k 40.9 47.5% Travel type
29 Luxury Travel 180k 35.1 68.4% Travel type
30 Farmhouse 178k 41.7 59.5% Travel type
31 Ski resort 166k 40.6 55.3% Travel type
32 Motel 164k 37.6 76.7% Travel type
33 Long weekend 151k 38.4 59.8% Travel type
34 All-inclusive resort 136k 41.7 59.9% Travel type
35 Chalet 114k 40.7 64.1% Travel type
36 Beach house 106k 41.5 66.9% Travel type
37 Apartment hotel 105k 38.7 57.3% Travel type
38 Whale watching 100k 46.2 56.1% Travel type
39 River cruise 92k 40.8 62.9% Travel type
40 Tourist attraction 92k 39.8 56.8% Travel type
41 Low-cost carrier 72k 40.5 56.1% Travel type
42 Spaceflight 66k 44.0 45.0% Travel type
43 Public aquarium 52k 38.8 56.8% Travel type
44 City Sightseeing 39k 41.0 72.6% Travel type
45 Urban exploration 37k 38.9 42.9% Travel type
46 Agritourism 33k 43.3 47.6% Travel type
47 Tour guide 24k 45.0 51.0% Travel type
48 Economy class 23k 39.0 58.3% Travel type
49 Château 19k 38.6 67.2% Travel type
50 Enotourism 16k 39.7 61.6% Travel type

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular travel types compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each travel type by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest travel type in South Africa?

Hotels currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.1M people in South Africa.

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