The UAE has been ranked as the world’s best travel destination according to a new research conducted by the online travel agency, Love Holidays.

The agency did it research and looked into more than 3,000 destination awards that countries from across the world have won in the last five years, then divided the countries to six categories, travel, hospitality, destination, business, entertainment and conservation as to decide on the most award-winning city.

After which, the UAE has made it to the top of the list!

The agency also discovered that Burj Al Arab had won he World Travel Awards’ Middle East’s Leading All Suite Hotel award every year from 2015 and up until 2019! I mean talk about the most luxurious stay, it only makes sense to have the hotel at the top of every list.

For the full list of winners, click here.

UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri has received the “Distinguished Public Service Medal” from NASA, the medal is of highest honor and previous recipients of the award included pioneers such as physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. 

Al Mansouri received the prestigious award in recognition of his “contributions during Expedition 60 aboard the International Space Station”.

The astronaut acknowledged the help of UAE’s leaders and thanked the team at Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) for encouraging him and for being a part of his successful mission.

أتشرف بحصولي على "ميدالية الخدمة العامة المتميزة" من وكالة الفضاء الأمريكية "ناسا". أهدي هذا الإنجاز للقيادة التي آمنت بجهودنا ومكنّت قدراتنا ولفريق مركز محمد بن راشد للفضاء الذي ساهم في نجاح مهمة طموح زايد. pic.twitter.com/wq3i4U7jhx

— Hazzaa AlMansoori (@astro_hazzaa) December 15, 2019

The astronaut made it to space and became the first Emirati to do so and the very first Arab to work on the International Space Station (ISS). The trip took off last September.

Al Mansouri also shared with his followers an image of the medal and certificate on his official Twitter account.

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— Hazzaa AlMansoori (@astro_hazzaa) December 15, 2019

This year has proved the true power of Arab women on the race track and now two female Emirati race drivers are getting ready for the  F4UAE Trophy Round happening this weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Meet Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, children of the UAE’s very first motorsport star, Khaled Al Qubaisi, who are proudly taking in the footsteps of their father and leaving a mark of their own on the race track.

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Sister Squad ✌🏽 #HiSisters 📸: @proud_mom_78787

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Amna was the first female Emirati race driver to break out into the single-seaters ranking in 2018, she also competed in the Italian F4 championship, and was one of nine females to take part in the testing of a Formula E car for Envision Virgin Racing, soon after Saudi women were allowed to drive.

Her sister is quickly following in her footsteps and at the age of 17! She appeared twice alongside her sister during the Italian rally that happened this year.

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Eyes on the prize! 👀 #DriveLikeAGirl Who’s coming to the Abu Dhabi F1 Weekend?! 🏁🇦🇪

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Watch and support the thriving sisters race as teammates in the F4UAE series, proudly representing their homeland.