Wanderlust Travel Awards 2010 - Top Country: Namibia

Readers of UK's travel magazine Wanderlust voted Namibia their favourite country for the magazine's 2010 Travel Awards! The Southwest African country got a score of 95.1%, placing it ahead of Oman (94.78%), New Zealand (94.51%), Australia (93.48%) and Laos (93.24%), which completed the top five. Namibia's neighbor Botswana became 8th in the ranking!

TOP 10 Ranking in %

1. Namibia 95.14
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2. Oman 94.78
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3. New Zealand 94.51
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4. Australia 93.48
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5. Laos 93.24
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6. Japan 93.09
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7. Canada 92.31
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8. Botswana 91.89
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9. Iceland 91.25
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10. Nepal 90.75
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How the awards are scored
The Wanderlust Travel Awards were based on their reader's travels from December 2008 to November 2009. In most categories, readers were asked to list up to four entries (eg countries visited) and score each one on its merits. The final positions are based on an average score for the entry (converted to a percentage) – so the results are based on satisfaction rather than the number of votes received. In the other categories (eg top travel personality) they simply counted the number of votes to determine the outcome; and in the newly introduced Special Awards, the winners were elected, wholly undemocratically, by the Wanderlust team