Maldives has been named amongst the most honeymoon-worthy destinations in the world for a second year. In the annual Brides Honeymoon Awards, the Maldives secured a spot from the list of The Most Romantic Destinations of 2018. The Maldives won the award last year as well.
Listing the Maldives, Brides described the “lush, picture-perfect islands” of the Maldives as being “light years beyond your average beach destination.” Private-island resorts — like the recently opened Soneva Jani , St. Regis Maldives Vommuli and Gili Lankanfushi — are ringed by colourful coral reefs teeming with fish, it said.
The American bimonthly magazine suggested honeymooners travelling to the Maldives to “spend your days snorkelling, scuba diving, and lounging on the deck of your over-water villa; by night, dine by candlelight on freshly caught fish and organic veggies followed by a stargazing sesh with a NASA-worthy telescope.”
Other winners of the Brides Honeymoon Awards include French Polynesia, Italy, The Hawaiian Islands, Greece, Bali, Mexico, Thailand, Fiji, South Africa, France, St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos, Costa Rica, Seychelles, Australia, New Zealand, St. Barth, Jamaica and Dominican Republic.
In its announcement of this year's winners, Brides said picking the perfect honeymoon destinations was no easy feat, considering different factors such as the countless romantic destinations, endless hotel options and limited vacation time. The list was compiled through a partnership with A-list agents at Virtuoso, a global network of more than 15,000 luxury-travel specialists, it added.
Maldives has won several global and regional accolades for being amongst the romantic destinations in the world. Surveys and studies analysing travel trends have also shown that a healthy majority of travellers that choose the Maldives are honeymooners. |
