Ben Gurion Airport ranks in world top 10
Travel and Leisure magazine conducts travel surveys and ranks Ben Gurion International Airport in world's top ten best airports; magazine also ranks several Israeli hotels and cities in top spots.
Ben Gurion airport came in eighth place, while Singapore's Changi Airport came in first place, followed by Qatar's Hamad International Airport in Doha and Dubai International Airport. Abu Dhabi International Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol both ranked behind Ben Gurion to round out the top ten.
Apart from the world's top airports, the magazine also publishes lists of top accommodations and ranks cities by region. Here too, Israel made an appearance.
The travel magazine listed Jerusalem as the second best city in Africa and the Middle East for 2016, following Cape Town, South Africa. In the category of best city hotels in Africa and the Middle East, Jerusalem's Waldorf Astoria came in second place, while Tel Aviv's Norman Hotel came in seventh.
The hotel rankings are especially of note, considering Israel is in a region with many of the top hotels in the world, such as the Jumeirah At Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, which topped the list.
