Indonesia named best destination in 2016 by TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor has named Bali as Asia best tourism destination in its 2016 ranking of the “best of the best”. The same ranking saw Bali named the 5th Best Island in the World with and the Bali destination of Ubud named as the 10th Best Desination in the World.

TripAdvisor is an authoritative voice in travel with an estimated 350 million visitors browsing their website every month to view the more than 290 million community-member opinions regarding 5.3 million accommodation providers, restaurants and tourist attractions.

Selection to TripAdvisor’s list of the “best of the best” is based on algorithms that for an entire year count the quantity and quality of visits to the pages on TripAdvisor detailing accommodation, restaurants and tourism objects in a given destination.

The 10 best islands in Asia according to TripAdvisor are.

• Bali, Indonesia
• Phuket, Thailand
• Ko Samui, Thailand
• Koh Tao, Thailand
• Lombok, Indonesia
• Gili Trawangan, Indonesia
• Boracay, Philippines
• Langkawi, Malaysia
• Havelock Island, India
• Taketomicho Iriomote-jima, Japan