LONDON: India has officially been voted the world's favourite country to visit by readers of the swish magazine Condé Nast Traveller.
The awards are given annually for the hotels, airlines, islands, tour operators, spas, cruise lines, cities and countries ranked 'best in the world' by the magazine's readers.
Though the awards are hardly definitive, the winner in each category is seen to gain considerable cachet as the choice of the big-spender classes.
This year the magazine's readers rated India as best in the world for culture, value for money and the sheer scale and variety of its attractions.
Sarah Miller, the magazine's editor said it was an undoubted coup for India to "achieve the accolade of our discerning readers' favourite country in the world." She added that the Conde Naste vote, coming "as it celebrates 60 years of independence...shows India's moment has come."
Last year's winner, Italy, was ranked number two and Thailand, which attracts more Western tourists than anywhere else in the world, was at number three.
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