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Phuket - Top 10 Best Island Award by Travel & Leisure Magazine

July 17th, 2006

Phuket has made its way to the top 10 best islands of the world in this year’s survey by readers of the Travel & Leisure Magazine.

This year’s top 10 islands are:

Rank no. 1 (2005 rank no.1) - Bali (2006 score 88.48)
Rank no. 2 (2005 rank no.4) - Kauai (2006 score 86.47)
Rank no. 3 (2005 rank no.3) - Maui (2006 score 86.21)
Rank no. 4 (2005 rank N/A) - Cape Briton Island, Nova Scotia) (2006 score 85.97)
Rank no. 5 (2005 rank no.10) - Mount Desert Island, Maine (2006 score 84.90)
Rank no. 6 (2005 rank N/A) - Tasmania (2006 score 84.88)
Rank no. 7 (2005 rank no.9) - Hawaii (2006 score 84.72)
Rank no. 8 (2005 rank N/A) - Galapagos Islands (2006 score 84.69)
Rank no. 9 (2005 rank no.2) - Santorini (2006 score 84.17)
Rank no. 10 (2005 rank N/A) - Phuket (2006 score 84.06)

Not only it was ranked the in the top 10 island of the world but it was also ranked no. 2 in the top 3 best islands in Asia (no. 1 is Bali and no. 3 is Borneo).

Congratulations!

* N/A means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.

Source: Travel & Leisure Magazine

 

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