Rajasthan’s ‘Palace on Wheels’ train has been adjudged as the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world . The ranking carried out by the popular travel magazine Conde Nast is based on the reader’s choices who were told to rank each train out of 100 points.
Palace on Wheels attained 83.94 points and was ranked fourth below the Venice Simplon-Orient Express (89.92 points), Eurostar (86.92 points) and Pride of Africa, Rovos Rail (84.25 points).
Manjit Singh, chairman and managing director of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation said that the announcement will give a big boost not only to the luxury trains of Rajasthan but also to the state’s tourism sector.