MONTEGO BAY, St James — Tamika Williams was moved to tears on learning that her family-run Ahhh Ras Natango Gallery and Garden in St James has been ranked the world’s top attraction by travellers in an AAA Club Alliance analysis of TripAdvisor reviews.

“For Jamaica to make that list, and when you look at the calibre of countries and the calibre of attractions, and then this being a small business, a community tourism business, it just floored me. Never expected it,” Williams told the Jamaica Observer.

The ranking, published in July by AAA Club Alliance, was based on an analysis by ChicksX of TripAdvisor reviews, examining the frequency of positive and negative keywords visitors consistently described as “memorable”, “breathtaking”, and “better than expected”.