Readers of the Sunday Times Travel Magazine have named
Australia their top world holiday destination.
The land down under took the top award ahead of the
USA, with
New Zealand,
Thailand and the
Maldives rounding off the top five.
Readers of the Sunday Times magazine said that Australia was about "sport, sunsets and super-happy people", while America proved popular for its parks, its open roads and its dynamism.
New Zealand won its place in the top five owing to its picturesque surroundings and relaxed pace of life, while the Maldives was described as a "stress-busting, sea-and-sand idyll".
Italy was voted the number one country in
Europe, followed by
Greece,
France,
Spain and
Switzerland.
New York was the overall winner in the world cities section of the awards, with
Sydney,
San Francisco,
Cape Town and
Bangkok rounding off the top five.
The top destinations for people searching for
city breaks in Europe, according to Sunday Times readers, are
London,
Edinburgh,
Paris,
Barcelona and
Rome.
Posted by Teddie at 12:32, 1 July 2008
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