AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Where Claude tells travelers to go in 2027

Japan is Claude's most recommended destination, in its top 10 in 40.5% of answers.

Which models count as Claude

With web search on, the sources recorded for Claude are links the model wrote into its answer. Answers collected in September 2026.

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok here mean each company's models as tested in this study, not the consumer apps, which can answer differently.

Rank here	Overall rank	Destination	Score, Claude
1	2	Japancountry	40.5%
2	1	Portugalcountry	39.1%
3	4	Mexicocountry	35.3%
4	3	Spaincountry	34.5%
5	6	Italycountry	31.8%
6	9	Costa Ricacountry	25.3%
7	7	California, USAUS state	23.7%
8	14	Moroccocountry	23.7%
9	8	Icelandcountry	23.4%
10	13	Greececountry	22.8%
11	10	Hawaii, USAUS state	21.6%
12	5	Canadacountry	18.4%
13	18	Perucountry	18.0%
14	21	Thailandcountry	17.5%
15	11	Arizona, USAUS state	16.9%
16	12	the United Kingdomcountry	16.9%
17	16	Egyptcountry	16.3%
18	17	Francecountry	13.4%
19	39	Vietnamcountry	13.4%
20	15	New Zealandcountry	12.6%
21	23	Colombiacountry	11.5%
22	20	Norwaycountry	11.4%
23	22	Utah, USAUS state	10.8%
24	27	Irelandcountry	10.8%
25	26	North Carolina, USAUS state	10.3%

Destination	Claude Opus 5	Claude Sonnet 5	Claude Haiku 4.5
Japan	39.3%	41.3%	40.9%
Portugal	43.6%	36.9%	36.9%
Mexico	37.7%	27.8%	40.5%
Spain	41.7%	29.4%	32.5%
Italy	28.6%	34.5%	32.1%
Costa Rica	23.8%	17.9%	34.1%
California, USA	22.2%	23.8%	25.0%
Morocco	27.8%	26.6%	16.7%
Iceland	17.5%	24.2%	28.6%
Greece	17.5%	21.8%	29.0%

Claude · top 10 · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Claude models only: the same questions with web search on and off.

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