After a difficult year for tourism, TripAdvisor announced the best destinations, winning Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards 2021.
The awards were divided into 4 categories: Popular Destinations, Trending Destinations, Emerging Destinations, and Best National Parks. Among them, the category “Popular Destinations” highlighted the places that TripAdvisor reviewers loved most in the past 12 months.
In this category, Bali (Indonesia) rose to the first position, becoming the most popular destination in the world. This attraction ranked 4^th last year and beat London (U.K) from the top to runner-up.
Besides the two leading destinations, Dubai (UAE), Rome (Italy) and Paris (France) ranked the remaining positions in the top 5.
Vietnam also had 2 destinations in the top 25 most popular destinations in the world: Hanoi ranked 6^th and Hội An (Quảng Nam) ranked 11^th. Hanoi capital was in the top 10 most famous destinations in the world. Photo: Vũ Minh Quân
In addition to world polls, the award also ranked the destinations in each region. In particular, many cities in Vietnam were on the list of Asian’s top famous destinations, specifically Hanoi ranked 2^nd (behind only Bali), Hội An ranked 4^th, Hồ Chí Minh City ranked 11^th and Đà Nẵng 16^th.
The Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards is an award that honors the favorite destinations of travelers around the world based on reviews and ratings of hotels, restaurants, and leisure activities in each place and in worldwide for a period of 12 months (December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020). The award takes into account the quality and quantity of traveler reviews and ratings on Tripadvisor. Bali was declared the most popular destination in the world, according to Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards 2021.
“These are destinations that travellers want to visit next - whether an existing tourism gem, or an off-the-radar spot not yet firmly on the map for international travellers.”, said Hayley Coleman, Tripadvisor spokesperson.