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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 04.50 GMT |
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Sri Lanka
climbs Kuoni list of best travel
destinations |
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Sri
Lanka
has
climbed
the
Kuoni
list as
the 4th
best
selling
travel
destination
for
2010.
KUONI
TRAVEL
LTD is
one of
the
largest
travel
companies
in
Switzerland,
and also
one of
the
leading
travel
organisations
in the
world.
It calls
itself
UK’s
most
successful
specialist
tour
operator.
The
operator’s
annual
Longhaul
Report,
which
was
first
published
in 1980,
reveals
the
best-selling
destinations
so far
for
2010.
While
the top
three
most
popular
long-haul
destinations
for
Kuoni
are
Maldives,
Thailand
and US
which
held the
top
places
last
year,
Sri
Lanka
and
Malaysia
have
moved up
the list
to
fourth
and
sixth
places
respectively.
China
and Hong
Kong is
a new
entry at
number
eight
and
Singapore
comes in
at
number
10.
Kenya
and
Mauritius
were the
destinations
to drop
out of
the top
10 from
last
year.
Kuoni
said
destinations
to watch
out for
this
year
include
India,
Oman,
Indonesia
and Cuba
which
are all
showing
momentum
and just
sitting
outside
the top
10.
Other
trends
identified
by the
operator
include
a desire
by
holidaymakers
to “get
under
the skin
of a
country,
to
engage
with
locals
or
traditional
and
authentic
experiences
unique
to the
destination”.
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