Shoulder-season arrivals to Cape Town rose 12% year-on-year while peak nightly rates eased 4%, a crossover that points to a lasting flattening of the city’s travel calendar. Value and space, not weather, increasingly set the timing of a trip.
For operators the shift is double-edged: smoother year-round demand against softer peak yields. WorldTravelBrief will track arrivals against ADR by month to see whether the pattern holds beyond a single season.