Sacré bleu - where foreigners think the best UK holiday destinations are
A LIST of the UK’s best-rated destinations according to oversees visitors reveals it’s obviously not so grim up north for global tourists.
Because the top 10 list compiled from multiple TripAdvisor reviews contains only two destinations from the south of the country.
Northern cities and towns dominate, with only two southern cities in the mix – London in first place and the Devon resort of Torquay in fourth.
Scottish capital Edinburgh comes in second, Welsh seaside town of Llandudno is in third, Liverpool fifth and Blackpool sixth.
The rest of the top 10 is made up of Belfast at seventh, York in at eighth, the Lake District’s Keswick at ninth and Scotland’s largest city Glasgow 10th.
In the UK, competition is fierce, with great value destinations like Llandudno and Blackpool
Of the best European destinations, London is third behind first-placed Istanbul and Prague at second.
On the worldwide best destinations London is sixth – a drop from last year’s third place, although it has been in the top 10 for the past five years.
Top world destination is Marrakech in Morocco, with Siem Reap in Cambodia second, Istanbul third and Hanoi in Vietnam fourth.
Rome has dropped from second last year to seventh, while New York has failed to make the top 10 for the second year running.
TripAdvisor spokesman James Kay said: "In the UK, competition is fierce, with great value destinations like Llandudno and Blackpool more than holding their own against larger-city rivals."
