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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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
51 Fishing village 10k 44.9 59.5% Travel type
52 Circumnavigation 9.8k 46.5 55.1% Travel type
53 LGBT tourism 9.2k 30.7 65.9% Travel type
54 Boarding house 8.7k 35.9 54.6% Travel type
55 Ultralight backpacking 7.5k 39.7 65.6% Travel type
56 Yacht charter 7.4k 41.0 38.2% Travel type
57 Family Vacations 4.4k 38.7 61.5% Travel type
58 Weekend trips 4.3k 33.4 61.7% Travel type
59 Finca 2.7k 47.0 56.9% Travel type
60 Indoor water park 2.5k 44.6 71.1% Travel type
61 Mountain resort 2.4k 43.6 57.8% Travel type
62 Boat tour 2.1k 41.9 54.1% Travel type
63 Aircraft spotting 2.1k 26.8 26.5% Travel type
64 Beach Park (water park) 1.6k 41.3 66.0% Travel type
65 Walking tour 1.5k 47.1 55.7% Travel type
66 Action Park 776 38.0 64.6% Travel type
67 Open top bus 724 42.9 48.1% Travel type
68 Egyptian temple 683 28.4 20.3% Travel type
69 Halal tourism 413 33.9 68.3% Travel type
70 Art Travel 307 43.9 73.9% Travel type
71 Self-guided tour 173 47.9 53.7% Travel type
72 Escorted tour 123 38.8 59.8% 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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