Global Island Destinations Rankings 2026
As of 2026-10-12. Tripadvisor 2026 Honeymoon World island subset: Bali 1st, Mauritius 2nd, Maldives 3rd. Review window 2024-10-01–2025-09-30.
Compiled 2026-10-12. The main table filters Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2026 Honeymoon World destinations to islands: Bali 1st, Mauritius 2nd, Maldives 3rd. Review window: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30. Press release dated 2026-01-13. Mainland honeymoon spots stay off the main table. This is a review-quality list, not a tourism-board arrivals ranking.
Global island getaways (honeymoon island subset)
The honeymoon World list has 25 places; this table keeps 15 island or island-nation coastal spots, renumbered in relative official order, with the original honeymoon rank shown. Crete is World Destinations No. 9 — see the auxiliary table.
| # | Island / destination | Location | Honeymoon # |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali | Indonesia | 1 |
| 2 | Mauritius | Mauritius | 2 |
| 3 | Maldives | Maldives | 3 |
| 4 | St. Lucia | Caribbean | 4 |
| 5 | Galle | Sri Lanka | 5 |
| 6 | Antigua | Antigua and Barbuda | 10 |
| 7 | Zanzibar Island | Tanzania | 11 |
| 8 | Mykonos | Greece | 12 |
| 9 | Santorini | Greece | 16 |
| 10 | Moorea | French Polynesia | 17 |
| 11 | Barbados | Barbados | 18 |
| 12 | St Martin / St Maarten | Caribbean | 19 |
| 13 | Tangalle | Sri Lanka | 22 |
| 14 | Lanzarote | Canary Islands, Spain | 23 |
| 15 | Paros | Greece | 25 |
Islands on the Top Destinations World list
| World dest. # | Island | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali | Indonesia |
| 9 | Crete | Greece |
| 21 | Maldives | Maldives |
Trending Destinations World No. 1 is Madeira (Portugal). It sits in the candidate pool and does not reorder the honeymoon-island main table.
How this ranking was built
Compiled 2026-10-12. Review window: 2024-10-01–2025-09-30. Press date: 2026-01-13. The main table keeps island (and island-nation coastal) destinations from the Honeymoon World list in relative official order, renumbered 1–15, with the original honeymoon rank in a column. Mainland honeymoon places omitted: Hue, Napa, Positano, Watamu, Ella, Venice, Dubrovnik, Prague, Ao Nang, Queenstown. Related: top destinations, global beaches, attractions.
| Source | Snapshot | Scope | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Honeymoon (World) | Fetched 2026-10-12; page labeled 2026 | Official honeymoon World ranks 1–25. Main table keeps 15 island / island-nation resort spots (Bali honeymoon #1, Mauritius #2, Maldives #3, …). Galle and Tangalle included as Sri Lanka coastal island-nation towns. No invented visitor counts | Primary |
| Top Destinations (World) | Checked 2026-10-12 | Auxiliary islands on the World destinations list: Bali 1st, Crete 9th, Maldives 21st. Trending No. 1 Madeira noted in sources only — does not reorder the main table | Secondary |
| Press release (MediaRoom Destinations 2026) | Issued 2026-01-13; checked 2026-10-12 | States review window 2024-10-01–2025-09-30; honeymoon top three match the official page | Secondary |
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