2011 World's Best Islands lists the Big Island as #7 :-)
TOP 10 ISLANDS
Rank '10 Name Score 1 6 Santorini, Greece 90.61 2 4 Bali 90.45 3 - Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 89.90 4 - Boracay, Philippines 89.83 ![]()
5 - Great Barrier Reef Islands, Australia 89.68 6 7 Sicily, Italy 89.51 7 10 Big Island, Hawaii 89.11 8 2 Kauai 88.99 9 8 Maui 88.59 10 1 Galápagos 88.22 - means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.
denotes a World's Best debut.
$ Great Value icons denote a rack rate of $250 or less
Throughout the World’s Best Awards, scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth of a point; in the event of an exact tie, properties, companies, or destinations share the same ranking.