Havana named world's 'best destination'

[Judi Lynn]

Havana named world's 'best destination'

3rd December 2013



The Cuban capital has been named the world's number one 'Destination on the Rise for 2013' based on the opinions of millions of travellers

Havana beat off stiff competition from La Fortuna de San Carlos in Costa Rica, Kathmandu in Nepal, and Jerusalem, to claim the top spot, in TripAdvisor's annual Travellers' Choice Awards announced earlier today. Meanwhile, the beach town of Corralejo in the Canary Islands was named as the Top Destination on the Rise in Europe, ahead of Portugal's second city, Porto, and Krakow, in Poland.

In total, the Destinations on the Rise awards highlight 54 spots around the world that have seen the greatest increase in positive traveller feedback and traveller interest over the course of the year.

The awards also include categories for the United States, won by Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and South America, awarded to Cusco, Peru. Kathmandu in Nepal won the Destination on the Rise award for Asia, and Christchurch, New Zealand, came top in the South Pacific category.

http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/news/havana-named-best-destination-tripadvisor-awards

(Short article, no more at link.)

[Marksman_91]

1. Tourists are treated like kings in Cuba

Actual citizens get the short end of the stick, though. There's really no surprise here

[flamingdem]

2. How do you know that?

Have you visited Cuba? Please share your experiences that lead you to that conclusion.

[Socialistlemur]

3. Simple $$$ issue

You do realize the average Cuban wage is something like $40 a month. This means they aren't about to get treated very well because they lack cash to spend. The exceptions are the upper castes, the communist party senior officials, senior military and secret police officers. And Cubans who get cash from their relatives abroad. Cuba is a divided society, those who have, and those who have not.

[Judi Lynn]

4. We've seen these cheap, stupid stunts so damned long.

There's never even a chance they are true, when they all sound as if the same idiot invented them.

It would be funny if creatures didn't still keep feverishly trying to shove them down the throats of human beings. Clearly some thwarted, incomplete creatures imagine people are so stupid they can't tell the difference.

That's sad.