The UAE Is Crowned The Best Travel Destination InThe World

According to new research by loveholidays, the United Arab Emirates has won the highest amount of awards related to travel, in comparison to any other country in the world.

We examined nearly 3,000 destination-awards won over the last five years (2015-2019) in the following categories: travel, hospitality, destination, business, entertainment and conservation, to determine the most award-winning cities and countries in the world.

  • In the last five years, the United Arab Emirates has won 282 awards
  • The UAE is the number one country in four categories: travel, hospitality, business and entertainment
  • Dubai was found to be the world’s best city for business travel

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1. The UAE is the best travel destination in the world

Country Nr. of Awards
United Arab Emirates 282
United States 188
South Africa 113
Maldives 105
Mexico 93
Portugal 92
Jamaica 88
Thailand 87
China 84
Australia 83

2. Dubai crowned world’s best city for business travel

When it comes to travelling for business, rather than leisure, Dubai is unrivalled for its conference centres, business hotels, convention centres and more.

City Nr. of Awards
Dubai 24
Las Vegas 12
Sydney 12
Melbourne 11
Montego Bay 9
Hong Kong 8
Durban 8
Dublin 7
New York 7
Cancun 7
Singapore 7

3. The UAE is the best travel destination for travel, hospitality, business and entertainment

Hospitality

The Burj Al Arab, the seventh-tallest hotel in the world, has won the World Travel Awards’ Middle East’s Leading All Suite Hotel award every year between 2015 and 2019.

Country Nr. of Awards
United Arab Emirates 182
United States 88
Thailand 78
Maldives 78
South Africa 72
Indonesia 66
Vietnam 60
Portugal 56
Turkey 54
China 50

Travel

The Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital has collected the World Travel Awards’ Middle East’s Responsible Tourism Award every year between 2015 and 2019. It is the world’s biggest hospital for falcons, the UAE’s national bird.

Country Nr. of Awards
United Arab Emirates 35
Jamaica 26
United States 24
Ecuador 18
England 13
Mexico 13
China 13
Mauritius 11
Australia 10
Seychelles 10

Business

Of the 25 awards given in the business category to the UAE, 23 were bestowed upon Dubai-based conference destinations, club lounges, and convention centres between 2015 and 2019.

Country Nr. of Awards
United Arab Emirates 25
United States 24
Australia 23
Mexico 12
China 12
Jamaica 9
South Africa 9
Singapore 7
Ireland 7
Peru 6

Entertainment

Warner Bros. World in Abu Dhabi opened in July 2018 and went on to win the 2019 title of the Middle East’s Leading Tourist Attraction (World Travel Awards).

Country
Nr. of Awards
United Arab Emirates 17
United States 14
South Africa 10
Jamaica 8
Turkey 8
France 7
Spain 7
Australia 6
Portugal 5
Ireland 5

Methodology

Our seed list consists of 2,891 awards given by 20 award bodies between 2015 and 2019 across multiple categories. For our analysis, we accumulated the number of awards per country and per city to reveal the destinations in receipt of the most awards overall and in each category.

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