The Destination Index — by departure city

The Best Incentive Travel Destinations from Dublin

The IncentiveTrips Destination Index re-ranked for programs departing Dublin (DUB). Fares are city-specific modeled ballparks — the published distance curve priced from DUB — and reachability draws from the Europe row; the four origin-independent pillars — momentum, safety, infrastructure, and planner fit — are unchanged. The global Index remains the canonical ranking; this is the same math, priced from Dublin.

Standings as of 2026-08-01. Recomputed on live data.

#DestinationCountryFare from DUBScorevs global
1LisbonPortugal$30087.01
2DubrovnikCroatia$41084.68
3Iceland (Reykjavik)Iceland$31084.03
4PortoPortugal$30083.97
5BaliIndonesia$1,04083.12
6AthensGreece$40082.86
7AlgarvePortugal$33081.720
8MadridSpain$29080.912
9TokyoJapan$1,05080.65
10BarcelonaSpain$29080.412
11BudapestHungary$34080.117
12KotorMontenegro$44079.734
13ViennaAustria$33079.118
14KyotoJapan$1,07079.05
15BangkokThailand$84078.810
16PragueCzechia$30078.718
17MallorcaSpain$34078.624
18DubaiUnited Arab Emirates$64078.52
19Riviera Maya & CancúnMexico$72078.418
20PhuketThailand$91078.23
21Da NangVietnam$91078.02
22Hoi An (Vietnam)Vietnam$91077.64
23DublinIreland$12077.519
24SeoulSouth Korea$98077.410
25Cape TownSouth Africa$1,06077.310
26Tirana (Albania)Albania$42077.130
27Lake BledSlovenia$37076.541
28CopenhagenDenmark$27076.317
29ParisFrance$24076.211
30Norwegian Fjords (Bergen)Norway$30076.133
31AmsterdamNetherlands$21076.016
32Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates$64075.91
33TulumMexico$78075.726
34Costa Rica (Guanacaste)Costa Rica$87075.721
35LondonUnited Kingdom$19075.79
36RomeItaly$33075.713
37SingaporeSingapore$94075.618
38Riyadh & Diriyah (Saudi Arabia)Saudi Arabia$63075.65
39French Riviera (Nice)France$32075.619
40EdinburghUnited Kingdom$18075.622
41Taormina (Sicily)Italy$43075.225
42Los CabosMexico$90075.134
43Kuala LumpurMalaysia$85075.018
44Buenos AiresArgentina$1,09074.812
45DohaQatar$67074.89
46Mexico CityMexico$71074.131
47Punta CanaDominican Republic$70073.926
48MarrakechMorocco$48073.722
49Lake ComoItaly$29073.725
50Tuscany (Florence)Italy$35073.627

Fares are modeled round-trip ballparks from Dublin (DUB), not live quotes. “vs global” is each destination's move against its position on the global Destination Index.

How this ranking works

Only the two pillars that genuinely depend on where attendees fly from are re-scored. Value shifts with the fare difference between the US-blend baseline and this origin; air access blends each destination's global nonstop coverage with a published origin-to-region reachability score. Both adjustments flow into the composite at the Index's published pillar weights — value 15%, air access 20%.

  • value_o = value + 20 · (fare_US − fare_origin) / max(fare_US, 300), capped ±20
  • air_o = 0.5 · air_access + 0.5 · reach(origin → region)
  • total_o = total + 0.15 · Δvalue + 0.20 · Δair
  • fare = $118 + 0.913 · d^0.75, anchored per destination
  • city fares: fare = ($118 + 0.9127 · d^0.75) × destination anchor, d = great-circle km from DUB

Fares come from a distance-based model anchored to each destination — modeled ballparks, not live quotes. Every input is published; no destination pays to be ranked. The global Destination Index is the canonical standing.

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