India ranked among top 10 best cross-country for road trip
New Delhi : India has been ranked among the top ten countries in the world for the best cross-country road trip in a survey conducted for 118 countries by Holidu, the vacation homes aggregator. The survey was conducted by analysing factors that people consider to plan a road trip.
"This included attractions such as the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, wildlife, natural assets, range of landscapes, and the number of cosmopolitan cities, as well as logistical factors including the quality of the roads, gas prices and average holiday rental prices. We also looked at the size of the country as there has got to be ground to cover after all," the Holidu said.
India was placed at number 10 on the list which is occupied by United States at the top position for best cross-country road trip index.
Mexico was places on the second position, Canada got the third spot. Malaysia secured the fourth spot while Argentina ranked fifth in the list. Brazil, Bolivia and Peru secured the seventh, eighth and ninth position in the index.
To compile the global ‘Cross-Country Road Trip Index’, the survey also included other factors including “number of known vertebrate species, ranking of natural assets like beaches, parks, number of terrains (rainforests/jungles, mountains, deserts, beaches, glaciers, forests) and number of ‘Best Cities’ in top 100 ranking”.
Other logistic factors including quality of the road infrastructure, price of gas per gallon, price of average vacation rental per week well also considered for the index.
