For the first time, you voted a European country into first place in this category. Italy rated highly in all 10 criteria, including culture (it scored top marks with 97.22) and food/restaurants, for which a very palatable 97.05 out of 100 showed that French cuisine (96.50) is no longer your preferred taste. Elsewhere, you are adamant that the USA still offers the biggest and best variety of attractions in the world (96.48), although you voiced concern over its environmental friendliness (71.06) and safety a cautious 74.79 (Japan, Switzerland and New Zealand were the only countries to score above 90 on that criteria). For scenery, you have eyes for the vistas of Switzerland (98.35), while applauding the beach hotels and safari camps of South Africa (a top-ranking 94.82 for range of accommodation). And where are the friendliest people in the world? In the East: you feel most welcome in Malaysia and Thailand, which you awarded
the highest scores for people/hospitality (97.50 and 95.79).
