Thailands popularitet bland britter dalar kraftigt!

Den brittiska tidskriften Condé Nast Traveller har haft sin årliga omröstning om vilket land deras läsare uppskattar mest som turistland och Thailand hamnar i år först på 15:e plats mot att under 2008 ha legat på 3:e plats. Den popularitetsminskningen är knappast är förvånande men det skulle förvåna mig om TAT tar del av resultatet.

Göran

Här är resultatet med kommentar och med en länk till källan.

COUNTRIES

Your favourite country is Italy: you reckon it has the best food/restaurants (96.02), culture (96.19) and climate (95.66). The best value for money is elsewhere, in Kenya (97.33) and Mexico (94.75). Brazil has the warmest welcome (99.39 for people/hospitality), South Africa the greatest variety of attractions (90.70) and India the most glorious scenery (92.82).

1. Italy 95.55
2. New Zealand 95.18
3. Turkey 94.84
4. Australia 94.47
5. France 94.31
6. Egypt 94.21
7. USA 92.58
8. South Africa 92.07
9. Spain 91.10
10. Morocco 89.57
11. Greece 86.73
12. Mexico 86.67
13. India 85.90
14. Canada 85.69
15. Thailand 84.60
16. Brazil 83.65
17. Argentina 82.06
18. Sweden 81.68
19. Portugal 81.04
20. Kenya 79.80

Vad står siffrorna för?

Så här svarar Condé Nast Traveller:

“They are an index of satisfaction with travel facilities and services, scored out of a maximum of 100. In our Readers’ Travel Awards questionnaire, you were asked to choose the best that the travel world has to offer – everything from hotels and spas to airlines and airports. You were then asked to rate your choices according to various criteria, such as service and value for money. From your responses, we calculated the average mark on each criterion, and used this to provide the overall satisfaction percentage figure that you see in the league tables and The World’s Top 100.”

Källa: http://cntraveller.com/ReadersAwards/2009/Countries/