This City Has Been Voted World’s Best For Its “Unique, Indoor-Outdoor Way Of Life”

Sydney has been named the world’s greatest metropolis in a survey carried out by Conde Nast Traveller. The highest-10 world cities rankings are a part of the publication’s annual Readers’ Alternative Awards for 2024, which launched on October 1 within the UK. Sydney, which ranked no. 1 with a rating of 92.26, was praised by the Conde Nast Traveller UK for its “distinctive, indoor-outdoor lifestyle”. Sydney beat out tourism hotspots spanning 5 continents, together with Valencia in Spain (92.78), Singapore (92.47), Hong Kong (91.72) and Stockholm, Sweden (91.11), which ranked second to fifth place respectively. 

In line with the New York Publish, Sydney was additionally named the world’s second-most pleasant metropolis, with a rating of 93.85, behind Singapore, with 94.84 factors, whereas Sydney resort The Fullerton was topped the most effective resort in Australasia.

Conde Nast Traveler US additionally unveiled its Readers’ Alternative Awards this week, with Sydney putting third within the US awards listing of the most effective cities on the earth, describing it as “a great getaway regardless of the season”. Australian resort Ritz-Carlton Melbourne was named the most effective resort in Australia and New Zealand for 2024.

The UK and US Readers’ Alternative Awards winners had been chosen primarily based on the votes of greater than half one million survey respondents, the Publish reported. 

“Should you’ve skilled a snippet of life Down Below, you’ve got most likely fallen laborious for the distinctive, indoor-outdoor lifestyle the Aussies embrace so properly,” Traveller stated about Sydney.

Furthermore, the publication additionally had readers vote on their favorite airways with Air New Zealand coming first, adopted by Singapore Airways, Qatar Airways, Emirates and British Airways.

Additionally Learn | US Couple Takes 31 Journeys To Disney World After Stealing Over Rs 4 Crore From Authorities

In the meantime, in September, Sydney was additionally named Oceania’s Main Metropolis Vacation spot within the World Journey Awards 2024.

With outcomes like that, you’d suppose Sydney was within the midst of a world tourism growth. Nevertheless, in line with the Publish, the fact is considerably completely different. In line with the latest Worldwide Customer Survey information from Tourism Analysis Australia, Sydney welcomed solely 3,446,000 overseas guests in June, a determine nonetheless 16 per cent under the identical interval in 2019.

However John O’Sullivan, chief government of Expertise Co and former Tourism Australia managing director, advised the Sydney Morning Herald, that the stellar awards outcomes might go an extended method to placing Sydney on the radar of high-value worldwide travellers – that’s, these prone to spend extra, keep longer and journey additional inside Australia.