14 July 2008
Tunis — Travel +Leisure, an international magazine specialized tourism and leisure activities has recently issued its 13th Annual 2008 World's Best Awards Readers' Survey results, in New York.
The Awards which cover 10 categories, include among other categories: the world's best city; the best hotel, the best island, the best ship cruise line, the best international airline, the best tour operator, and the best car rental agency.
In the Africa, Middle East section, the magazine ranks Tunis 9th with an overall score of 71, 93. The scores are indexed averages of responses concerning applicable characteristics. Respondents were required to rate cities on 6 characteristics: sights, culture/ arts, restaurants, food, people, and shopping value.
The magazine ranks Cape Town as the top African - Middle East City . On a global scale, Travel+ Leisure ranks Bangkok as best city.
Last February, "The New York Times" ranked Tunisia as the world's third tourist "hot spot in the world for 2008â-'. Over a total of 53 countries, Tunisia is ranked immediately after Portugal , with Laos in first place. Tunisia is followed by Mauritius , which in turn is followed by Miami Beach and South Beach.
"The New-York Times" noted that Tunisia was "undergoing luxury makeover. A new wave of stylish boutique hotels in historic town houses, has cropped up alongside this North African country's white sand beaches and age old "medinas", drawing increasing numbers of well- heeded travelers."
The US newspaper also notes that the American travel guide "Trip Advisor", had already ranked the island of Djerba off Tunisia 's southern coast, as the number one emerging spot in the world in 2008.
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