IT IS Travel + Leisure (T + L), a global travel site based in New York, USA, released a list of the 10 most favorite international airports in the world in 2023. This is the result of a survey from T + L readers in the context of an annual event titled The World’s Best Awards 2023.
Quoted from the T+L website, the 28th edition of the award was conducted through an extensive survey from 24 October 2022 to 27 February 2023 through a website managed and monitored by its research partner, namely Proof Insights.
This survey involved tens of countries and hundreds of thousands of respondents in the world. Where respondents provide assessment of several categories, one of which is about international airports. Airports are specifically assessed based on a number of criteria, namely access, check-in/security, restaurants/bars, shopping, and design.
For each criterion, respondents can choose a rating of very good, above average, average, below average, or poor. The final score is the average of the responses. As a result, Changi Airport in Singapore remains the best and ranks at the top.
One T+L respondent admitted that he couldn’t think of a better airport in the world than Changi Airport. Changi Airport houses a six-acre retail and entertainment complex which also includes a rock climbing wall, Singapore’s largest hedge maze and the world’s tallest airport slide.
But the most famous attraction is the Rain Vortex, the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, surrounded by an indoor forest with an elevated walkway.
Overall, here is a list of the 10 most favorite international airports in the world in 2023: (1). Changi Airport, Singapore (Reader Score 94.42), (2). Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates (Reader Score 89.98), (3). Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar (Reader Score 86.75), (4). Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India (Reader Score 86.47), (5). Incheon International Airport, South Korea (Reader Score: 84.96), (6). Haneda International Airport, Tokyo, Japan (Reader Score 84.66), (7). Istanbul Airport, Istanbul, Turkey (Reader Score 83.36), (8). Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates (Reader Score 82.75), (9). Zurich Airport, Switzerland (Reader Score 82.74), (10). Narita International Airport, Japan (Reader Score 81.72). [sources/photo special]