Departure Lounge

By Armond Noble
This item appears on page 91 of the May 2009 issue.

As promised, here is a list of destinations, in order, where ITN readers went in year 2008. We mailed out 1,000 surveys and had an 87.7% response. Of those, 81.2% traveled overseas last year.

The point of this exercise is so you may run your finger down the list and say something like, “Look at all the people who have been to_________, and we haven’t! Let’s think about that one.” Hope this inspires new plans.

The list shows the ranking of each destination and the percentage of responders who went there. Destinations that received the same number of votes have been listed in alphabetical order. — Armond Noble, Publisher

 

1. France 17.45%

2. Italy 15.51%

3. Germany 14.71%

4. UK 11.97%

5. Mexico 9.46%

6. Greece 7.64%

7. Croatia, Spain 6.73%

9. Austria 6.61%

10. Thailand 6.27%

11. Japan, Turkey 6.04%

13. Canada 5.93%

14. Chile, Switzerland 5.82%

16. Argentina, Egypt, Netherlands, Russia 5.59%

20. Australia, China 5.36%

22. South Africa 5.25%

23. Costa Rica, Portugal 5.13%

25. Hungary 4.68%

26. Belgium 4.56%

27. Brazil, Romania 4.45%

29. Vietnam 4.22%

30. New Zealand 4.1%

31. Czech Rep., Panama 3.88%

33. India 3.65%

34. Bulgaria, Ireland 3.53%

36. Hong Kong, Poland 3.42%

38. Cambodia, Morocco, Norway, Peru 3.19%

42. Honduras 3.08%

43. Guatemala, Singapore 2.96%

45. Ecuador, Israel, Jordan 2.85%

48. Slovenia 2.74%

49. Tahiti 2.62%

50. Ukraine 2.51%

51. Tunisia 2.39%

52. Estonia, Finland, Laos, Malta 2.28%

56. Belize, Botswana, Denmark 2.17%

59. Dubai, Monaco, Sweden 2.05% 

62. Tanzania 1.94%

63. Malaysia, Slovak Republic, Taiwan 1.82%

66. Fiji, Papua New Guinea, UAE, Zimbabwe 1.71%

70. Antarctica, Indonesia, Senegal 1.6% 

73. Philippines, South Korea, Zambia 1.48% 

76. Colombia, Iceland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Samoa 1.37%

81. Namibia 1.25%

82. Bahamas, Bermuda, Burma, Latvia, Lithuania 1.14%

86. Cook Islands, Nicaragua, Tonga, Uzbekistan 1.03%

90. Albania, Aruba, Bhutan, Cyprus, Falkland Isl., Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mali, Oman, Serbia, Syria 0.91%

102. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Jamaica 0.80%

104. El Salvador, Gibraltar, Mongolia, Turkmenistan 0.68%

108. Benin, British Virgin Isl., Cayman Isl., Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea-Bissau, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda 0.57%

120. Bahrain, Barbados, Canary Isl., Dominica, Dominican Rep., Galápagos, Grenada, Moldova, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Tajikistan 0.46%

132. Antigua & Barbuda, Bolivia, Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Iran, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macao, Macedonia, Madeira, Mauritius, Mozambique, Netherlands Antilles, North Korea, Solomon Isl., St. Kitts, Togo, Venezuela 0.34%

151. Armenia, Azores, Belarus, Brunei, Guinea, South Georgia Isl., St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent, Yemen 0.23%

161. Andorra, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Dem. Rep. Congo, Gabon, Georgia, Guyana, Iraq, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Micronesia, Niger, Rep. of Congo, Rwanda, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, St. Bartholomew, St. Croix, St. Pierre, Suriname, Turks & Caicos, Uruguay 0.11%

(Total of 191)