Few travelers are as insightful or engaged as the readers of Travel + Leisure, which is why our annual World’s Best Awards are considered the travel industry’s most trusted rankings. Each year, you share your opinions on a broad range of experiences based on recent trips you’ve taken. For 2023, we have a whopping 122 lists of reader favorites, including two brand-new categories: trains and luxury villa rental companies.
For this 28th edition of the awards, hundreds of thousands of votes were cast in an extensive survey that was open Oct. 24, 2022, through Feb. 27, 2023 via a secure website that was maintained and monitored by our research partner, Proof Insights. Respondents had the option to rate airlines, airports, car-rental companies, cities, cruise ships, destination spas, hotels, hotel brands, islands, luxury villa rental companies, safari outfitters, tour operators, trains, and U.S. national parks based on a number of characteristics for which they could choose a rating of excellent, above average, average, below average, or poor. The final scores are averages of these responses.
After the survey closed, T+L and Proof Insights screened the responses to identify fraudulent votes, which were eliminated from the final tallies. You can read more about how voting works below in the survey methodology.
Cheers to you — and to this year’s winners!
Cities
![Families flying kites at Marina Barrage in Singapore with skyscrapers in the background](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/bwbD9qw8Z5ltW3OwQ3ECZ67n3dA=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-singapore-00-ASIACITYWB23-b14a3cd4753c447b80529aabad4d55cd.jpg)
![Aerial View of Sydney Bondi Beach](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/O6iwM48am_zrkT0zzi5qfN6GLKQ=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-sydney-00-AUSNZSPCITYWB23-64df779eaf8445c1829be7524ec61549.jpg)
![Colorful homes in the historical Center of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/E51OpVDbFPhwxibFEQ3CJ6x4Dwk=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-cartagena-colombia-00-CASACITYWB23-5df3c19903a241eebbc662ef268d4122.jpg)
![Hot air ballooning over the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/lHLZ75sughUPVBvkpwGwuzc6MG8=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-luxor-egypt-00-AFMECITYWB23-b363d89eb3634ef9816ffbb57bc132b3.jpg)
Resorts + Safari Lodges
Hotels
![Exterior view of Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/qqiE_a4upTrN4BTd52nJRJQg7Gw=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-las-vegas-city-hotels-waldorf-astoria-las-vegas-00-LASVEGASHOTELSWB23-6b9065fb51bd4c46b3856a98a52b2bd3.jpg)
![Colorful lobby of the Copacabana Palace](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/UmANWpd1KBO2VRRN2ySzcbMrNcI=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-copacabana-palace-00-CASACITYHOTELWB23-04a2d91fd6954f1ea5f88299b14cceca.jpg)
![View from a guest room at the Shangri La Shard Hotel in London](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/aqJy18FuW2_w4zsYOHrI13crW44=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-euro-city-hotels-shangri-la-shard-london-00-EUCITYHOTELSWB23-661bdf9b51024d149ad0186018015fa9.jpg)
![A tree-lined view of La Mamounia](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/kxj77r2aTtkEmGT174iBpKa9M8M=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-north-africa-middle-east-city-hotels-la-mamounia-00-AFRICAMIDEASTCITYHOTELSWB23-380d2128215c4589a1ba3b0d1e0a379c.jpg)
Transportation
Cruises
![Sky Princess cruise ship sailing through Kotor, Montenegro](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/9JiBnKnzGoKtbYMFn3EuCfTs3Lc=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-princess-cruises-00-MGACRUISEWB23-19aff830c8c54377aa6380f9abc9319e.jpg)
![Interior of the Wish Tower Suite living room on board the Disney Wish](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/crJ-3blL_WhrgxOw33ssSfWl4y4=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-disney-cruise-line-00-LRGCRUISEWB23-c3d6899b3e794e20b8b8624edfd4dc3a.jpg)
![The Regent Suite Balcony on board a Regent Seven Seas Cruises](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/L-cEZlkHU4b9h-nS4AmGA5VAi4U=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-regent-seven-seas-00-MIDCRUISEWB23-f9ed3eacd5174a968fc43e3c366ea8af.jpg)
![A Paul Gauguin Cruises in Moorea](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/pSl0n05MO6v-1YhH5j_CWYrFb6k=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-paulgauguincruises-00-SMCRUISEWB23-725e3e27c9354202bbe03407c1f09cfb.jpg)
Islands + National Parks
![View of Caribbean landscape from St Kitts](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/BK1ITZETXGVD-h1x0BpI1trHxYs=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-lead-image-of-st-kitts-00-CARIBISLANDWB23NEW-0ecd234f39e04b7f841a1c91453d1adb.jpg)
![Mt Rotui and Opunohu bay at sunset, Moorea, French Polynesia](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/l3JLkoHC1wErYDLB7W9KqmGzTww=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-moorea-french-polynesia-00-AUSNZISLEWB23-2a6135c95f95489c9589339b8cc681b3.jpg)
![Palm trees and dock at a resort in Ambergris Caye, Belize](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/e3fbooUQh8SMv_z6ANNCuuXa9Zs=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-ambergris-caye-belize-00-CASAISLEWB23-7ee1e445fe5645d9a0971a2ecc5d80cd.jpg)
![Landscape view of Sicily from the ocean](https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/wRTkeRStR5virHFRaxQjbdiNbQQ=/300x200/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/TAL-sicily-italy-00-WRLDISLANDSWB23-00e26d8159f8476d9fb1e7fbe596bfd2.jpg)