{"id":537,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/asia-indonesian-island-crowned-the-worlds-best-resort\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:46","slug":"asia-indonesian-island-crowned-the-worlds-best-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/asia-indonesian-island-crowned-the-worlds-best-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Indonesian Island Crowned the World\u2019s Best Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Summer is halfway through, but it\u2019s not too late to book a trip to the world\u2019s number one resort, the environmentally friendly Nihi Sumba Island in Indonesia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Summer is halfway through, but it\u2019s not too late to book a trip to the world\u2019s number one resort, the environmentally friendly Nihi Sumba Island in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjWqfziu8m3uIwozuVrKFwuVDQn3?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path 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\/&nbsp;nihiwatu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/asia-indonesian-island-crowned-the-worlds-best-resort\/#Images_via_Instagram_nihiwatu-2\" title=\"Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu\">Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/asia-indonesian-island-crowned-the-worlds-best-resort\/#Images_MyComeUp_World\" title=\"Images:MyComeUp World\">Images:MyComeUp World<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/asia-indonesian-island-crowned-the-worlds-best-resort\/#Images_via_Instagram_nihiwatu-3\" title=\"Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu\">Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/asia-indonesian-island-crowned-the-worlds-best-resort\/#Images_via_Instagram_nihiwatu-4\" title=\"Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu\">Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Images_via_Instagram_nihiwatu\"><\/span>Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNihi Sumba Island could be considered [an example of] sustainable tourism development,\u201d Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said at a press conference, according to the Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Formerly known as Nihiwatu, Sumba made to the top spot of Travel and Leisure\u2019s annual World\u2019s Best list for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlQfOKcJTIKnl04NcJJI6sJvj82s?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"558\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Images_via_Instagram_nihiwatu-2\"><\/span>Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located in Indonesia\u2019s East Nusa Tenggara Province, the luxury hotel is only 50 minutes from Bali by plane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One hundred destinations around the world were ranked by Travel and Leisure\u2019s readers who rated their experiences with the top hotels, resorts, cities, islands, cruise ships, spas, airlines, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3.jpeg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsYEaeQUHv212kIOPqouOb_SrCzR?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Images_MyComeUp_World\"><\/span>Images:MyComeUp World<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hotels were rated on their facilities, location, service, food, and overall value, and Nihi Sumba received an almost perfect score of 99.12.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the magazine, owner Chris Burch acquired the property in 2012 and added a spa, nine villas, and 13 rooms, and preserved its close ties to the community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrcP4zCeEnvL60p4wGWTi4rTGZSE?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Images_via_Instagram_nihiwatu-3\"><\/span>Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<strong>The people of Sumba are so warm and beautiful,\u201d <\/strong>one family said. <strong>\u201cThey will forever be in our hearts and soul.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, Nihi Sumba Island has 560 acres filled with 33 villas and offers a near-empty beach where visitors can surf, snorkel, free dive and spearfish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrpsvfPWzXNBEQACP58IDHaC4mGR?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Images_via_Instagram_nihiwatu-4\"><\/span>Images via Instagram \/&nbsp;nihiwatu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guests who want to remain on land can take yoga, go hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u201cThis is paradise,\u201d <\/strong>wrote one Travel and Leisure reader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u201cIt is the epitome of escape, adventure, and luxury,\u201d<\/strong> said another.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"450\" height=\"488.9643463497453\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summer is halfway through, but it\u2019s not too late to book a trip to the world\u2019s number one resort, the environmentally friendly Nihi Sumba Island in Indonesia. 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