TripAdvisor names Bangkok and Phuket among Top 15 most popular destinations worldwide

Travellers' Choice Awards 2021 represent where people visited when travel was open and where they dream to go

TAT Newsroom

 

 

Bangkok, 8 February, 2021  – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to announce that Bangkok and Phuket have been named eighth and 14th, respectively among the Top 15 “Popular Destinations — World” in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2021.

 

The result was based on the quality and quantity of reviews and ratings from TripAdvisor travellers for accommodation, restaurants, and things to do in destinations worldwide between 1 December, 2019, and 30 November, 2020. The Awards represent where people visited last year while travel was still open, as well as where they dreamed of going while the pandemic kept them stuck at home.

 

Bangkok remains a must-visit city with a very eclectic list of attractions. As modern developments push deeper into Bangkok’s cultural heart, the temples and markets of the city’s Old Town are now served with a new modern transportation infrastructure that makes travel around the Thai capital easier than ever before. This includes a new Blue Line underground train extension to historic Rattanakosin Island, while a more contemporary and cosmopolitan Bangkok now boasts multiple Michelin starred restaurants to complement its vibrant Thai street food scene.

 

Often referred to as the ‘Pearl of the Andaman’, Phuket is Thailand’s largest island. With an impressive coastline featuring long stretches of sandy beach strung together by dramatic rock formations, it has been attracting people to its shores for decades. It offers over 30 beaches to choose from, many of them easily accessible and featuring pristine white sand and azure blue waters. With a variety of beach hotels to choose from, Phuket is a natural choice to twin with Bangkok.

While travel to Thailand is limited at this time due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2021 serve as inspiration for when global travel can again become a reality.

 

Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2021/02/tripadvisor-names-bangkok-and-phuket-among-top-15-most-popular-destinations-worldwide/

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2021.

Is the Koh Chang resort among the top 15 places to stay? 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The result was based on the quality and quantity of reviews and ratings from TripAdvisor travellers for accommodation, restaurants, and things to do in destinations worldwide between 1 December, 2019, and 30 November, 2020

wonder who were the type of people voting and their standards to rate quality for accommodation/restaurants, etc., everybody has different standards thus all these TAT reports are full of the usual weekly postings BS

9 hours ago, webfact said:

TripAdvisor names Bangkok and Phuket among Top 15 most popular destinations worldwide

For what.  Migrating birds? 

Who comes up with these idiot statistics when the borders are closed?

23 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

Who comes up with these idiot statistics when the borders are closed?

They were Open December 2019 

Pretty much the 2019/20 high season was over at the end of january, when all chinese package tours were stopped.  
even tourists from all other countries tried to cancell holidays, bacause thailand was named as the second dangerous after china itself. 
there were warnings from many health authorities not to travel. 
so big surprice, because many other tourist destinations, including the UK, but also italy, were opened all/most of time, till the second wave in september

8 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Is the Koh Chang resort among the top 15 places to stay? 

Seeing as it is neither in Bangkok nor Phuket, no.  

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45 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

Who comes up with these idiot statistics when the borders are closed?

Ask Trip Advisor as it is their list, nothing to do with Thailand or the TAT.

 

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Destinations-cPopular-g1

 

8 hours ago, Mavideol said:

wonder who were the type of people voting and their standards to rate quality for accommodation/restaurants, etc., everybody has different standards thus all these TAT reports are full of the usual weekly postings BS

It is not a TAT list, it is a Trip Advisor list and nothing to do with the TAT (other than them publicising it which is understandable as their job is to promote Thailand).  Why does everyone get their knickers in a twist about this stuff?  Thailand is / was a popular destination loved by millions of holiday makers a year.  Only the old gits who've lived here for years and become bitter and full of hatred for the country can't admit that.

 

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Destinations-cPopular-g1

3 hours ago, internationalism said:

Pretty much the 2019/20 high season was over at the end of january, when all chinese package tours were stopped.  
even tourists from all other countries tried to cancell holidays, bacause thailand was named as the second dangerous after china itself. 
there were warnings from many health authorities not to travel. 
so big surprice, because many other tourist destinations, including the UK, but also italy, were opened all/most of time, till the second wave in september

I left Phuket on March 10th last year and beaches and restaurants were full, at least in Patong.

Regardless of Trip Advisor, Pattaya will always  be my favourite destitution..sadly.

A useless, lying trap. Never ever trust it.

Someone should do a report on the most popular destinations in the world by #s of visitors after COVID took over the headlines. I wonder if they'd all be in China.