Indonesia took home the award for the world’s top destination for two years in a row given by London-based Dive Magazine.
Siladen Resort and Spa at Bunaken National Park in North Sulawesi was also named the best dive center and resort by the publication.
A total of 13,845 votes were collected since the first polling in May, of which hundreds of nominated places and liveaboards were reduced to top 25 in each category.
There were three categories presented to the online voters: Best destination, dive center or resort and liveaboard. The second voting period was conducted in October for one full month.
In the best destination category, Indonesia earned the biggest votes with 1,067 or 11.45 percent from the total of 9,399 votes casted.
In the second place was Philippines with 749 votes or 7.97 percent, followed by Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal in the mid-Atlantic, which earned 576 votes or 6.13 percent.
In ranks, here Seasia has the full information about other ‘Best Destination’ winners:
INDONESIA
![Source Image: KanonTree](http://www.kanontree.com/uploads/4/1/0/6/41068949/s222159543267705531_p2_i1_w1600.jpeg)
PHILIPPINES
![Source Image: www.tripzilla.ph](https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/tz-mag-ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20091804/palawan-island-philippines-hd-wallpaper.jpg)
AZORES
MEXICO
![Beach of Cancún, the city that is an important tourist destination in eastern Mexico, located just south of Cabo Catoche, the northernmost point on the Yucatán Peninsula, facing the Yucatan Channel, the strait that links the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.](http://www.nationsonline.org/gallery/Mexico/Beach-of-Cancun.jpg)
MALDIVES
![Source Image: Travel + Leisure](http://cdn-image.travelandleisure.com/sites/default/files/styles/1600x1000/public/1492804659/soneva-jani-maldives-MALDIVES0421.jpg?itok=ZpxHJgMf)
EGYPT/RED SEA
![Source Image: The Adventure Junkies](https://adventurejunkies-theadventurejunk.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Liveaboard-Diving-Guide-to-the-Red-Sea.jpg)
BAHAMAS
![Glass Window Bridge, Eleuthera Bahamas | Nations Online](http://www.nationsonline.org/gallery/Bahamas/Eleuthera-Glass-Window-Bridge.jpg)
THAILAND
FIJI
![Source Image: mustseeplaces.au](http://mustseeplaces.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Fiji.jpg)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
![Active volcano in Papua New Guinea | Photo by: David Kirkland.](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q0jZQ6SsT4I/VL1CKXH6pjI/AAAAAAAAK9w/hAYrcPWCWGA/s1600/Rabaul-volcano-east-new-Britain-Papua-New-Guinea.jpg)
Source : http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2017/11/03/indonesia-named-worlds-top-destination-for-two-straight-years-.html, AirAsia too.