Wanderlust Travel Awards 2012: Namibia voted 5th in the "Top Country" category

The readers of the UK travel magazine Wanderlust voted Namibia the fifth best country in the "Top Country" category in the 2012 Wanderlust Travel Awards. The southwest African country won the award last year and in 2010.
This years "Top Country", according to the travel magazine's readers, is Japan, followed by Bhutan and New Zealand.
Two other African countries made it into this year's Top 10 - Madagascar was voted 7th and Rwanda was voted 10th! Congrats!

Wanderlust Travel Awards 2012 - "Top Countries":

1. Japan 97.27%
2. Bhutan 96.67%
3. New Zealand 96.61%
4. Burma 94.88%
5. Namibia 94.85%
6. Laos 94.81%
7. Madagascar 93.89%
8. Argentina 93.77%
9. Cambodia 92.91%
10. Rwanda 92.50% 

Wanderlust Travel Awards 2010 - Top Country: Namibia

Readers of UK's travel magazine Wanderlust voted Namibia their favourite country for the magazine's 2010 Travel Awards! The Southwest African country got a score of 95.1%, placing it ahead of Oman (94.78%), New Zealand (94.51%), Australia (93.48%) and Laos (93.24%), which completed the top five. Namibia's neighbor Botswana became 8th in the ranking!

TOP 10 Ranking in %

1. Namibia 95.14
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2. Oman 94.78
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3. New Zealand 94.51
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4. Australia 93.48
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5. Laos 93.24
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6. Japan 93.09
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7. Canada 92.31
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8. Botswana 91.89
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9. Iceland 91.25
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10. Nepal 90.75
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How the awards are scored
The Wanderlust Travel Awards were based on their reader's travels from December 2008 to November 2009. In most categories, readers were asked to list up to four entries (eg countries visited) and score each one on its merits. The final positions are based on an average score for the entry (converted to a percentage) – so the results are based on satisfaction rather than the number of votes received. In the other categories (eg top travel personality) they simply counted the number of votes to determine the outcome; and in the newly introduced Special Awards, the winners were elected, wholly undemocratically, by the Wanderlust team