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#	Region	Median rating	Hotels
1	Central Asia	7.58	60
2	Caribbean	7.52	164
3	South East Asia	7.39	2,166
4	Southern Europe	7.34	7,556
5	Middle East	7.33	1,480
6	Africa	7.23	914
7	East Asia	7.18	5,906
8	Latin America	7.12	3,922
9	South Asia	7.05	1,518
10	Oceania	6.99	1,351
11	Europe	6.98	29,147
12	Western Europe	6.81	17,834
13	North America	6.17	34,345

Worst rated regions

#	Region	Median rating	Hotels
1	North America	6.17	34,345
2	Western Europe	6.81	17,834
3	Europe	6.98	29,147
4	Oceania	6.99	1,351
5	South Asia	7.05	1,518
6	Latin America	7.12	3,922
7	East Asia	7.18	5,906
8	Africa	7.23	914
9	Middle East	7.33	1,480
10	Southern Europe	7.34	7,556
11	South East Asia	7.39	2,166
12	Caribbean	7.52	164
13	Central Asia	7.58	60

Best value regions (rating per $)

#	Region	Rating	Median Price
1	East Asia	7.18	$102
2	Latin America	7.12	$115
3	South East Asia	7.39	$124
4	South Asia	7.05	$136
5	Middle East	7.33	$150
6	Africa	7.23	$157
7	Central Asia	7.58	$180
8	Southern Europe	7.34	$190
9	Caribbean	7.52	$268

Worst value regions (rating per $)

#	Region	Rating	Median Price
1	Caribbean	7.52	$268
2	Southern Europe	7.34	$190
3	Central Asia	7.58	$180
4	Africa	7.23	$157
5	Middle East	7.33	$150
6	South Asia	7.05	$136
7	South East Asia	7.39	$124
8	Latin America	7.12	$115
9	East Asia	7.18	$102

Best rated countries

#	Country	Median rating	Hotels
1	Ecuador Latin America	8.3	56
2	Sri Lanka Asia	8.29	29
3	Maldives Asia	8.25	69
4	Laos Asia	8.09	26
5	Cambodia Asia	8.05	31
6	Peru Latin America	8.02	111
7	Serbia Europe	8.02	71
8	Uzbekistan Asia	7.95	31
9	Zambia Africa	7.9	27
10	Belize Latin America	7.83	40

Worst rated countries

#	Country	Median rating	Hotels
1	Algeria Africa	5.49	21
2	United States North America	6.15	32,307
3	Nigeria Africa	6.15	39
4	Denmark Europe	6.5	256
5	Canada North America	6.55	2,038
6	United Kingdom Europe	6.67	4,327
7	Bosnia Europe	6.7	45
8	Belgium Europe	6.7	98
9	Netherlands Europe	6.71	1,077
10	Tunisia Africa	6.72	22

Best value countries (rating per $)

#	Country	Rating	Median Price
1	Indonesia	7.6	$90
2	Gibraltar	7.16	$90
3	China	7.19	$92
4	Kosovo	7.23	$100
5	India	7.02	$97
6	Poland	7.24	$102
7	Latvia	7.37	$104
8	Oman	7.94	$112
9	Malaysia	7.13	$102
10	Uruguay	7.35	$108

Worst value countries (rating per $)

#	Country	Rating	Median Price
1	Maldives	8.27	$854
2	Aruba	7.21	$493
3	Iceland	7.4	$343
4	Mauritius	7.36	$338
5	Croatia	7.47	$296
6	Puerto Rico	7.55	$268
7	Malta	7.71	$272
8	Israel	7.35	$254
9	Ireland	7.44	$245
10	Singapore	7.08	$227

Best rated cities

#	City	Median rating	Hotels
1	Positano Italy	9.04	18
2	Capri Italy	8.86	17
3	Killarney Ireland	8.84	15
4	La Jolla United States	8.67	15
5	Limassol Cyprus	8.49	15
6	Quito Ecuador	8.47	30
7	Chania Greece	8.46	27
8	Zermatt Switzerland	8.39	38
9	Matera Italy	8.35	16
10	Megeve France	8.32	15

Worst rated cities

#	City	Median rating	Hotels
1	Bakersfield United States	4.39	54
2	Rocky Mount United States	4.57	42
3	Lake Charles United States	4.64	38
4	Dothan United States	4.88	93
5	Warner Robins United States	4.91	150
6	Corpus Christi United States	4.95	152
7	Lake Havasu City United States	5	49
8	Shreveport United States	5.03	59
9	Newport News United States	5.05	19
10	Champaign United States	5.06	142

Best value cities (rating per $)

#	City	Rating	Median Price
1	Surabaya Indonesia	7.52	$57
2	Huaibei China	8.14	$63
3	Itajaí Brazil	7.09	$60
4	Cirebon Indonesia	7.33	$63
5	Amritsar Pakistan	7.17	$62
6	Shijiazhuang China	7.33	$63
7	Dongying China	7.39	$69
8	Jakarta Indonesia	7.76	$75
9	Jinan China	7.14	$70
10	Huainan China	7.39	$72

Worst value cities (rating per $)

#	City	Rating	Median Price
1	Male Maldives	8.27	$854
2	Geneva Switzerland	7.9	$759
3	Sorrento Italy	8.45	$758
4	Ibiza Spain	7.35	$615
5	Venice Italy	8.65	$626
6	Oranjestad Aruba	7.21	$493
7	Santorini Greece	8.32	$567
8	Venezia Italy	7.97	$538
9	Ubud Indonesia	7.97	$527
10	Florence Italy	8.26	$518

Best rated chains

#	Chain	Avg rating	Hotels
1	Bulgari	8.53	6
2	Peninsula	8.38	7
3	Mandarin Oriental	8.34	22
4	Four Seasons	8.29	53
5	Como	8.27	8
6	Maybourne	8.22	5
7	Dorchester	8.18	7
8	Rosewood	8.13	13
9	Kempinski	8.1	25
10	Aman	7.96	10
11	Preferred	7.85	189
12	Ritz-Carlton	7.68	44
13	Banyan	7.66	29
14	1 Hotels	7.52	9
15	Okura	7.4	39
16	Melia	7.31	121
17	Hyatt	7.27	391
18	Minor	7.26	189
19	WorldHotels	7.25	58
20	Nobu	7.13	6

Worst rated chains

#	Chain	Avg rating	Hotels
1	Wyndham	5.15	1,284
2	Louvre	5.15	199
3	Choice	5.17	859
4	Best Western	6.25	724
5	Accor	6.68	1,473
6	IHG	6.79	1,313
7	Hilton	6.85	1,603
8	Raddison	6.88	216
9	Marriott	7.06	2,183
10	Standard	7.12	14
11	Nobu	7.13	6
12	WorldHotels	7.25	58
13	Minor	7.26	189
14	Hyatt	7.27	391
15	Melia	7.31	121
16	Okura	7.4	39
17	1 Hotels	7.52	9
18	Banyan	7.66	29
19	Ritz-Carlton	7.68	44
20	Preferred	7.85	189

Best value chains (rating per $)

#	Chain	Rating	Median Price
1	Okura	7.46	$143
2	Minor	7.23	$164
3	Melia	7.33	$189
4	Marriott	7.05	$191
5	WorldHotels	7.26	$197
6	Banyan	7.7	$229
7	Hyatt	7.27	$231
8	Standard	7.26	$289
9	Preferred	7.84	$316
10	Kempinski	8.16	$353

Worst value chains (rating per $)

#	Chain	Rating	Median Price
1	Aman	7.97	$1,814
2	Bulgari	8.53	$1,496
3	Dorchester	8.18	$1,302
4	Peninsula	8.38	$936
5	Rosewood	8.14	$795
6	Four Seasons	8.33	$795
7	Como	8.16	$738
8	1 Hotels	7.59	$671
9	Mandarin Oriental	8.37	$703
10	Ritz-Carlton	7.68	$549

Hotel age

Age distribution by region

Last bar (2020s) projected to a full decade from 5 years of data (up to 2024) — shown lighter.

Oldest hotels

#	Hotel	Year opened	Rating
1	Amberley Castle Brighton, United Kingdom	1103	7.64
2	Abbaye Des Vaux De Cernay Paris, France	1118	7.93
3	Pousada Mosteiro De Guimaraes Braga, Portugal	1154	8.48
4	Clontarf Castle Hotel Dublin, Ireland	1172	7.77
5	Kilkea Castle Dublin, Ireland	1180	8.17
6	The Angel Hotel Bury Cambridge, United Kingdom	1192	6.96
7	Buckland Manor Cheltenham, United Kingdom	1200	8.15
8	Lenas Donauhotel Vienna, Austria	1220	5.37
9	Macdonald Bear Hotel Oxford, United Kingdom	1232	6.46
10	Vignette Convent Square Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal	1242	8.62

Newest hotels

#	Hotel	Year opened	Rating
1	Pullman Okol Golf Resort And Spa Sofia, Bulgaria	2024	9.55
2	Aruba Boutique And Art Hotel Bwsc Oranjestad, Aruba	2024	8.95
3	Kimpton Virgilio Mexico City, Mexico	2024	8.90
4	Home2 Suites Hilton Georgetown Austin North Austin, United States	2024	8.45
5	Hampton by Hilton Antalya Airport Antalya, Turkey	2024	8.10
6	Park Hyatt London River Thames London, United Kingdom	2024	8.09
7	Bomonti Arjaan by Rotana Istanbul, Turkey	2024	8.05
8	Mercure Tirana Tirana, Albania	2024	7.95
9	Radisson Hotel Graz Graz, Austria	2024	7.94
10	Homewood Suites Oxnard Camarillo Oxnard, United States	2024	7.89

Oldest regions by median year opened

#	Region	Median year opened	Hotels
1	Western Europe	1990	3,940
2	Caribbean	1991	41
3	Europe	1993	6,414
4	Southern Europe	1998	1,299
5	Africa	1998	124
6	North America	1999	5,899
7	Oceania	1999	320
8	Latin America	2003	752
9	East Asia	2008	761
10	South East Asia	2010	906
11	South Asia	2011	136
12	Middle East	2013	453
13	Central Asia	2016	20

Newest regions by median year opened

#	Region	Median year opened	Hotels
1	Central Asia	2016	20
2	Middle East	2013	453
3	South Asia	2011	136
4	South East Asia	2010	906
5	East Asia	2008	761
6	Latin America	2003	752
7	Oceania	1999	320
8	North America	1999	5,899
9	Africa	1998	124
10	Southern Europe	1998	1,299
11	Europe	1993	6,414
12	Caribbean	1991	41
13	Western Europe	1990	3,940

Oldest countries by median year opened

#	Country	Median year opened	Hotels
1	Slovenia	1960	26
2	Denmark	1971	107
3	Croatia	1973	37
4	France	1977	956
5	Greece	1977	107
6	Finland	1984	59
7	Sweden	1985	185
8	Aruba	1990	25
9	Canada	1990	206
10	United Kingdom	1991	1,716

Newest countries by median year opened

#	Country	Median year opened	Hotels
1	Georgia	2018	31
2	South Korea	2015	113
3	Qatar	2015	84
4	Kazakhstan	2014	20
5	Turkey	2013	238
6	Vietnam	2012	96
7	United Arab Emirates	2012	368
8	Taiwan	2012	57
9	Indonesia	2012	110
10	India	2011	126

Oldest cities by median year opened

#	City	Median year opened	Hotels
1	Bath United Kingdom	1817	39
2	Bournemouth United Kingdom	1960	47
3	Ljubljana Slovenia	1960	26
4	Cheltenham United Kingdom	1964	57
5	San Francisco United States	1969	180
6	Copenhagen Denmark	1971	107
7	Innsbruck Austria	1972	26
8	Suva Fiji	1975	16
9	Athens Greece	1976	87
10	Paris France	1976	943

Newest cities by median year opened

#	City	Median year opened	Hotels
1	Tbilisi Georgia	2017	30
2	Kyoto Japan	2016	34
3	Ubud Indonesia	2015	17
4	Seoul South Korea	2015	77
5	Doha Qatar	2015	84
6	Shenzhen China	2013	46
7	Sharjah United Arab Emirates	2013	47
8	Seminyak Indonesia	2013	19
9	Queretaro Mexico	2013	33
10	Istanbul Turkey	2013	197

Region definitions

Primary regions come from Nomads.com's continent mapping, minus the catch-all 'Asia' card (split into South East / East / South / Central Asia below). Other sub-regions (Southern Europe, Western Europe, Caribbean) are overlaid on top of their parent — a country appears in both its parent and its sub-region card, so sub-region totals don't subtract from the parent.

Africa

48 countries

Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Caribbean · sub-region

29 countries

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands

Central Asia · sub-region

5 countries

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

East Asia · sub-region

8 countries

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan

Europe

50 countries

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Latin America

43 countries

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela

Middle East

16 countries

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

North America

3 countries

Canada, Greenland, United States

Oceania

12 countries

Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

South Asia · sub-region

8 countries

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

South East Asia · sub-region

13 countries

Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam

Southern Europe · sub-region

17 countries

Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Vatican City

Western Europe · sub-region

11 countries

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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Africa

Caribbean · sub-region

Central Asia · sub-region

East Asia · sub-region

Europe

Latin America

Middle East

North America

Oceania

South Asia · sub-region

South East Asia · sub-region

Southern Europe · sub-region

Western Europe · sub-region