{"id":145599,"date":"2024-11-07T16:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T23:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=145599"},"modified":"2024-11-07T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T23:15:19","slug":"sri-lanka-awarded-most-desirable-island-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/11\/07\/sri-lanka-awarded-most-desirable-island-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka awarded \u2019\u2019Most Desirable Island in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy The Daily Mirror<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka has been voted as the &#8220;Most Desirable Island in the World&#8221; according to the results for the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the travel magazine \u2018Wanderlust\u2019, Sri Lanka has risen from last year\u2019s eighth place to take Gold in one of the Awards\u2019 most thrilling turnarounds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Destinations, tour operators and travel brands have been recognised across 22 categories, including the Most Desirable Countries and Cities in Europe and around the world at the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Known as the \u2018Pearl of the Indian Ocean\u2019, the nation\u2019s history comes to life through spectacular monuments such as Sigiriya Rock, the cave temples of Dambulla and the ancient ruins of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Elsewhere, its leopard-filled national parks and the jungle-fringed beaches of Tangalle and Trincomalee show off the island\u2019s natural side. But, more recently, it\u2019s the tea plantations and lush highlands of the centre that have caught the eye, with the fresh addition of the Pekoe Trail offering an exciting new way to explore Sri Lanka\u2019s green heart,&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has been voted as the &#8220;Most Desirable Island in the World&#8221; according to the results for the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards. According to the travel magazine \u2018Wanderlust\u2019, Sri Lanka has risen from last year\u2019s eighth place to take Gold in one of the Awards\u2019 most thrilling turnarounds.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}