Australians always think they are cheerful and friendly to anyone, but few seem to agree. Australians are slapped in a new ranking of one of the world's most hospitable cities.
According to Australian News Corporation, the holiday website TravelBird released the list of 100 cities, ranking the world's largest tourist destinations published by the World Tourism Organization, based on feedback from tourists on how hospitable destinations are. Received feedback from more than 15,000 travel journalists from all over the world.
Factors in the rankings include local happiness, safety, and how visitors feel at home at entry points. English proficiency and "over-exploitation of tourism", etc. TravelBird explains: "if there is a problem with a city's tourism capacity, it will be very crowded, there will be long queues and rising costs of living," said TravelBird. All the negative effects will affect the hospitality of local residents to tourists. "
So which city is the best on this list? The honor was awarded to Singapore, which received a perfect score for its experience at the port of entry and a high score for its safe urban environment and open reception. Next came Stockholm and Helsinki, followed by San Francisco and the Dutch city of Rotterdam.
(photo source: news Corporation, Australia)
What about the ranking of Australian cities? It is becoming more and more disturbing to look all the way through a long list.
Sydney is Australia's highest-ranking city, ranked 55th, between Taipei and Jakarta. Sydney scored high on local happiness and English, but not on safety and ports of entry.
Melbourne ranked 68th, locals happy and open to tourists, but its port of entry has a pretty bad score.
Sydney and Melbourne rank well below New York (18th place), but New York has been named the most offensive city in the United States. Melbourne also ranks below Paris (65th), a city long known for its tourism industry,. (Vanessa)