UK beats Spain as second best tourist destination in the world by TripAdvisor

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LONDON has been named the second best tourist destination in the world by TripAdvisor.

The UK capital came second only to Paris in the tenth annual Travellers’ Choice awards for destinations.

Rome was hot on its heels in third place, with tropical Bali fourth. But the Big Apple fell from top-of-the-tree fifth place to tenth in the ratings.

Crete, Barcelona, Prague, Marrakech and Istanbul – which come in fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth respectively – all ranked above New York.

The awards are based on millions of reviews and opinions from users on TripAdvisor.

Winners were chosen using an algorithm derived from the quantity and quality of reviews and ratings for hotels, restaurants and attractions and traveller booking interest.

Seven of the top ten come from Europe this year: Paris, London, Rome, Crete, Barcelona, Prague and Istanbul.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
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1 Comment

tamtamgo says:

7 Apr, 2018 @ 11:45 at 11:45

Don’t believe everything you read on TripAdvisor. They manipulate to the point of interest. A review of mine about an apartment in Copenhagen that was dirty on arrival and was clearly lived in by the owner, who left when it became rented. I stated the truth and the review was published then taken down after a few months.
Suspicious or not!

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