As mentioned yesterday over at Go Visit Hawaii, the 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards from Conde Nast Traveler were announced and once again, Maui was ranked the top island in the world.

The way Conde Nast breaks up the rankings for islands across the globe is into different geographic regions (Caribbean, Pacific, Europe, etc.), and while there isn’t an official “Top Island in the World” category, each island in the different regions is ranked independantly and given an overall score. Except for 2006, Maui has had the top overall score in any of the regions every year since the rankings began.

Another note worth mentioning is that the island of Kauai beat out the competition for second place, both in the Pacific Islands category and in the overall world rankings. A nice one-two punch representing the Aloha Spirit.

You can find more details from the links above, as well as in the November edition of Conde Nast Traveler magazine, which should hit newstands in a few of weeks. You can also read up on last year’s post, too.

Mahalo.

So many it’s not news to some of us, but the record number of 28,000 travelers in the latest Conde Nast Traveler Readers Poll just had to put it in writing.

As it turns out, Maui has owned the top island honors for every year since the category was added to the survery, with the exception of last year. After all, “Maui No Ka Oi” isn’t just something people say because it sounds nice.

You can read more from Maui News in this article and also watch the news from MauiToday.tv (sorry I can’t find a direct link to the story just yet).

The survey and story will be published in the November issue of the Conde Nast Traveler, which comes out October 25th.