Thai destinations, hotels and resorts perform impressively in ‘The World’s Best Awards 2019’

Bangkok, 19 July 2019 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is delighted to announce that in Travel + Leisure magazine’s The World’s Best Awards 2019, Thailand has performed impressively well with its destinations, hotels and resorts winning numerous spots on multiple Top 10 and Top 15 lists.

Most notable was Thailand’s domination of the ‘Top 15 Southeast Asia Resort Hotels’ category, with 10 places going to Thai properties. These were Six Senses Yao Noi in Phang Nga Bay ranked 2^nd, Anantara Hua Hin Resort in 3^rd place, Chiang Rai’s Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort ranked 4^th, Six Senses Samui as 5^th, Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai in 8^th place, Anantara Chiang Mai Resort as 9^th, Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui ranked 10^th, Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas in 13^th place, Anantara Phuket Layan Resort & Spa as 14^th and JW Phuket Resort & Spa ranked 15^th.

In ‘The Top 15 Cities in the World’ category Chiang Mai was named in 3^rd place and Bangkok in 15^th, while in ‘The Top 10 Cities in Asia’ Chiang Mai took 2^nd place and Bangkok 7^th.

For the Thai capital, Bangkok, it was the 10^th consecutive year of being voted onto ‘The Top 10 Cities in Asia’ list and as such it was named a WBA Hall of Fame honouree.

Ko Lanta earned itself 9^th place in ‘The 15 Best Islands in the World’ and 5^th place in ‘The Top 10 Islands in Asia’ followed by Ko Samui in 8^th place.

In ‘The Top 100 Hotels in the World, 14^th place went to Six Senses Yao Noi, 47^th place went to Anantara Hua Hin Resort, Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort was placed 52^nd, Six Senses Samui was placed 71^st, and 90^th place went to Lebua at State Tower in Bangkok.

Lebua at State Tower also featured on the list of ‘The 10 Best City Hotels in Asia’, where it was voted into 5^th spot.

In ‘The Top 15 Resort Hotels in Asia’, Six Senses Yao Noi was named in 4^th place, Anantara Hua Hin Resort in 9^th place and Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort in 11^th place.

The World’s Best Awards are based on an annual reader survey, in which Travel + Leisure readers vote in airline, airport, destination, hotel, cruise and other categories.