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Travel Awards 2009 winners

The full list of winners announced at this year's Guardian, Observer and guardian.co.uk Travel Awards

Airlines, tour operators and hoteliers faced huge challenges this year with a "perfect storm" of recession and a slump in sterling making holidays more expensive at a time when people could least afford them. Despite this, however, many companies not only survived but thrived. Holidays are still regarded as top priorities for many, surveys show.

Certainly the number of readers taking part in our Travel Awards survey seems to show no loss of appetite for holidays — 19,248 gave us their views this year, up from 17,000 last year.

Favourite UK city

Edinburgh takes the top spot for the 10th year in a row. York, Bath, Belfast and Glasgow continue to jockey for runners-up spots

• Top five: 1. Edinburgh 2. York 3. Bath 4. Belfast 5. Glasgow

Favourite overseas city

Sydney keeps the crown it took from Hong Kong last year. Cape Town, bracing iteself for next year's invasion of World Cup football fans, leaps up five places to No 2.

• Top five: 1. Sydney 2. Cape Town 3. New York 4. San Francisco 5. Berlin

Favourite long-haul country

New Zealand wins the prize for the second year running. It scored a 98.1% satisfaction rate.

• Top five: 1. New Zealand 2. Cambodia 3. Chile 4. Vietnam 5. Japan

Favourite European country

Switzerland hangs on to the top spot for the third year. Denmark enters the chart at 6.

• Top five: 1. Switzerland 2. Norway 3. Austria 4. Sweden 5. Italy

Best UK hotel

Hoxton Hotel, which joined the list only last year, takes top spot. It revolutionised pricing policies in the hotel industry by adopting the low-cost airline model.

• Top five: 1. Hoxton Hotel 2. Hotel du Vin 3. City Inn 4. Malmaison 5. The Queen's Hotel

Best overseas hotel

Taj Hotels moves up from number 5 to become the most popular overseas hotel.

• Top five: 1. Taj Hotels 2. Oberoi Hotels & Resorts 3. Mandarin Oriental 4. Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts 5. Peninsula Hotel

Favourite UK tourist attraction

The British Museum, the first national public museum in the world, ousts the Victoria and Albert Museum from the top.

• Top five: 1. British Museum 2. London Eye 3. Tate Modern 4. Eden Project 5. Alton Towers

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