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Travellers' Favourite Cruise Destinations Revealed by Cruise Critic
LONDON , Sept. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise Critic, the world's leading cruise review site and online cruise community, has announced the winners of the inaugural Cruise Critic Cruisers' Choice Destination Awards. The awards name the best cruise destinations of the year – across 15 regions around the world – based entirely on reviews posted to the Cruise Critic website.
"A cruise isn't just about the ship – picking the right itinerary is imperative," explains Adam Coulter , UK editor, Cruise Critic. "Cruises enable travellers to explore a number of amazing destinations, offering culture, beauty and history. With such a variety of unique destinations to choose from, these awards aim to highlight, and celebrate, those rated highly by travellers to offer inspiration and guidance to cruise planners."
Popular ports include the Caribbean's St. Maarten , which receives visits from lines including P&O Cruises, Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises, and Alaska's Glacier Bay which is visited by a number of cruise lines including Norwegian Cruise Line and Holland America Line.
For the British Isles and Western Europe awards, Amsterdam , which sees calls from the likes of Regent Seven Seas and Azamara Club Cruises was rated top, while Cork's Cobh and Glasgow's Greenock ranked second and third respectively.
UK travellers rated Baltic destinations in their top three, with Stockholm first, followed by Tallinn and Copenhagen .
Amsterdam
Glacier Bay
Mystery Island
Sydney
Castaway Cay
St. Petersburg
St. Maarten
Bonaire
Cozumel
Venice
Paris
Barcelona
Kauai
Puerto Vallarta
San Francisco
For the full list of winners, visit the 2016 Cruise Critic Cruisers Destination Awards.
For photos of the winning destinations, please click here.
Cruise Critic® is an online cruise guide, offering a comprehensive resource for cruise travellers, from first-time cruisers to avid cruise enthusiasts. The site features more than 160,000 cruise reviews and hosts the world's largest online cruise community where travellers share experiences and opinions with fellow cruisers. Cruise Critic was the first consumer cruise site on the Internet, launched in October 1995 by The Independent Traveler, Inc., a subsidiary of TripAdvisor, Inc.
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Vikki Bulbeck , Cruise Critic
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