Wayanad located in the Western Ghats in Kerala, secured 9th position in the world in the fourth edition of trivago Best Value Index with a score of 96.36%.
The ranking was in terms of giving the best value for money, according to a study by leading global hotel search website trivago. Establishment 2005 Trivago with headquarters at Dusseldorf, Germany is the largest online hotel search site comparing rates from over 9,00,000 hotels on over 250 booking sites worldwide.
The report noted that Wayanad was famous among the locals and people coming from within the state, but recently it has become an attraction point for more pan-India travellers as well as foreign travellers.
Other Indian cities in the top 100 are Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) at position 13 with a score of 96.24 per cent, Amritsar (Punjab) at position 22 with 95.70 per cent and Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) at position 34 with a score of 95.17 per cent.
Last year Amritsar was at sixth position with a score of 96.52 per cent, and Jaisalmer, the city of royals and forts was at12th position with a score of 96.37 per cent.
For a long time, Rishikesh has been known only for religious importance, but recently it has emerged with many adventure sports activities, besides gaining significance in the western society as World Yoga Capital.
Fenghuang in China tops the trivago Best Value Index with 98.01 per cent score, followed by Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) with 97.22 per cent, Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) with 97.17 per cent, Novi Sad (Serbia) with 96.99 per cent and Pingyao in (China) with 96.83 per cent score.