According to TripAdvisor, one of the most famous travel portals and tourist sharing sites in the world, the best hotel in the world is the Gili Lankanfushi in the Maldives. Not that much can be trusted, after the 500 euro fine that the Italian Antitrust imposed on TripAdvisor LLC (the US company that manages the site) and on TripAdvisor Italy for unfair commercial practices. The site, in fact, bases its rankings on customer reviews of hotels, restaurants or tourist attractions around the world, without however taking the necessary measures to discern between authentic and fake reviews.
The Maldives resort, however, which last year boasted the third place, has received nothing short of enthusiastic reviews: "A perfect holiday in the truest sense of the word!"; “This hotel is a pearl!”; “Every single person on the staff is full of attention to customers” and so on.
But what are the other nine in the Top 10? In second place comes a Costa Rican hotel, then a Cambodian one, then one from Budapest (Europe appears in the rankings with only two hotels) and a Peruvian one. In sixth place we find again a resort in the Maldives, while in seventh place there is an Austrian hotel. Followed by the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and, again, Peru. This classification, although taken with the caution due to the not entirely reflected reputation of the site, offers the possibility of making some considerations.
On the one hand, the presence of Peru, with two hotel establishments, testifies to the commitment with which the South American country has dedicated itself in recent years to promoting its tourist image. On the other hand, however, the fact that a country like Italy, with a great and ancient tourist vocation, is absent from the ranking should make us reflect on the lack of a tourism enhancement strategy suited to the national heritage.
