Thailand has been declared the “Best Destination Outside Europe” at a travel awards ceremony in Denmark. The Danish Travel Awards 2023 voted Thailand the winner of the category, the first time the award has been bestowed on the kingdom.

 

Nation Thailand reports that the Danish Travel Awards are organised by Travelmedia Nordic, a travel media platform for travel professionals in the Nordic region. The awards have been running for 26 years, recognising outstanding players in the travel industry.

 

This year’s event took place in Copenhagen earlier this month, with more than 500 travel professionals, from the worlds of tourism and aviation, in attendance. The awards were split across 3 categories: airlines and travel, hotels and tourism in Denmark, and foreign tour operators.

 

By Peter Roche

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Edited October 31, 20232 yr by Shop mak

More lies from TAT - Vietnam won Asia's Leading Destination - 3rd year in a row.

Asia's Leading Destination 2023 – World Travel Awards

 

Thailand won a few awards - but not many.

Asia Winners 2023 – World Travel Awards

 

No mention of any 'best outside Europe' awards.

 

Edited October 31, 20232 yr by TroubleandGrumpy

Not quite correct.

It was not travellers per se but travel professionals that awarded this silly award.

There is a difference.

 

It never ceases to amaze me that with all the great destination countries in the world. Thailand somehow does well with "awards".

I'm scratching my head! 

Outside of Europe is a big place... Thailand top destination I find hard to believe?

Maybe with numbers or something, but not on location, diversity, sustainability, or safety.

 

13 hours ago, KhunLA said:

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Headline says OUTSIDE Europe ?

13 hours ago, KhunLA said:

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Nine are not outside of Europe.

I expect TAT to be elevated to deity status next year by tourism authority of all nations.

Statues will be built, weeping hordes of Thais laying roses at the statues feet. 

And of course a 100% mark up in price to see the statues if a foreigner..

Sorry, but i do not trust anything done by MEDIA platform.

It's gotta be Legit!

Second place was Crimea and third best was Israel!

Could be true as booze and prostitues are cheaper in Thailand which is what much of the foreigners come in for...

Why go to Europe, Middle East is closer and peole are the same on the streets 

13 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

More lies from TAT - Vietnam won Asia's Leading Destination - 3rd year in a row.

Asia's Leading Destination 2023 – World Travel Awards

 

Thailand won a few awards - but not many.

Asia Winners 2023 – World Travel Awards

 

No mention of any 'best outside Europe' awards.

 

Come on... we all know they scoured the internet to find this Danish report. Most likely it was from some small news clip in their small country making this claim and has no bearing on the rest of the worlds opinion or polls... It was posted in Thai news to bring hope without anything factually actually coming out of it.. 

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

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Yeah, weird that "best destination outside of Europe" is missing from a European list. Jeez.

8 minutes ago, thesetat said:

Come on... we all know they scoured the internet to find this Danish report. Most likely it was from some small news clip in their small country making this claim and has no bearing on the rest of the worlds opinion or polls... It was posted in Thai news to bring hope without anything factually actually coming out of it.. 

It's hilarious watching all the AN grumps getting so triggered whenever Thailand wins some (obscure) accolade.

Pff... have they not read this forum and taken on the thoughts from the world's leading Thailand experts on here? 

5 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Yeah, weird that "best destination outside of Europe" is missing from a European list. Jeez.

 

Come on now, you can't go using facts and logic on here, that's just not cricket! 

Well, an award by one of the smallest countries in Europe. Chosen by 5000 people? 🎃Not even saying why Thailand got this award. What are the reasons? Only because 80.000 Danes visited Thailand within 6 months?🎃

This is Thailand,  it was said thus it has to be true. 🤣

Wonder what the citizen of Liechtenstein, the Vatican or Andorra would have to come up with. The Danes are lovely people but possibly not tilting any statistics compared to the rest of the world- but I might be wrong 😉 

 

15 hours ago, KhunLA said:

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“Best Destination Outside Europe” 

These are all within Europe

53 minutes ago, thesetat said:

It was posted in Thai news to bring hope without anything factually actually coming out of it.. 

 

TAT may announce that they now expect 10 million Danish tourists, though...

Edited November 1, 20232 yr by StayinThailand2much

That's cleared that up then riveting information 🤔

1 list put USA as #1 outside of Europe, and another listed only 3% go to SEA, CH, JP, TH.  And all different years, including during covid.   2018 and it was France, USA, Germany at #7.   TH @ #10, actually more like 12 or more, since a few had multiple destination in the #'d slot.

 

So you either use 2019's #s or 2023's for anything close to accurate.  Does voting it as a top destination actually mean people go there, or was the question, 'were would you go ?'

 

How is the voting done ?  

NO mention of people actually visiting TH or any country ... hmm

 

"OMG, ... TH is so cheap, you have to go" .... comes to mind

 

"26th Danish Travel Award 2023 is the prestigious awards ceremony in the travel, tourism and aviation industry since 1996, organized by Travelmedia Nordic (Check-in.dk, Standby.dk and Turisme24.dk). The result is based on a survey of 3,000 Danish consumer. The survey was conducted by Danish analysis institute Epinion using Netpromotor score method."

 

Net promoter score

That must have been a FAT brown envelope of Danish krone/crowns.

1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

It's hilarious watching all the AN grumps getting so triggered whenever Thailand wins some (obscure) accolade.

It beats watching telly. 

Sounds like a self-appreciating, back slapping society who get together for free sponsored booze-ups.

Can I join for free?🙃🙃

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Sorry, but i do not trust anything done by MEDIA platform.

Guess not many do care about your opinion.

Well, I can't think of a better place I want to be.