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Nairobi has been named the third best destination in the world for 2018 after Ishigaki in Japan and Kapaa in Hawaii by top travel site Trip Advisor.

Halifax (Canada) came fourth followed by, Gdansk (Poland), San Jose (Costa Rica), Riga (Latvia), Rovinj (Croatia), Nerja (Spain) and Casablanca (Morocco) wrapped up the top 10 list.

According to the company’s website, the winners were decided using an algorithm that measures the year-on-year increase in positive TripAdvisor ratings for restaurants, hotels and attractions, plus the number of destination bookings compared to previous years.Nairobi enjoys the laxity of being known as the safari capital of Africa, but the modern world has quickly caught up with the city and it has become one of Africa’s largest, and most interesting cities.The number of destination bookings as compared to other years also played a part in the rankings.The site also named the top sights which include the Karen Blixen Museum, Giraffe Centre and Nairobi National Park which has black rhinos.On accommodation, TripAdvisor notes favourable rates at most hotels, the cost being about £80 (Sh11,127) per night.