What are the world’s most productive peoples?Euromonitor International has unveiled the Top One Hundred Urban Destinations Index for 2023. This comprehensive study serves as a proxy for the world’s most dynamic and influential cities and provides insights into the most productive destinations today.
To compile this list, Euromonitor used another 55 metrics across six key categories. These include economic and business functionality, tourism functionality and infrastructure, policies and attractiveness, fitness and safety, and sustainability.
At the top of the list is Paris, voted as a city in the world ranking for the second year in a row. The City of Light continues to enchant visitors with its unique combination of ancient grandeur and fresh dynamism, further enhanced by preparations for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games. According to Nadezhda Popova, senior executive at Euromonitor International, Paris held the top spot “due to its remarkable functionality in tourism policy and attraction, tourism infrastructure and tourism functionality,” she said in a statement.
Europe has the dominant force in the index, with seven cities in the top 10 and a total of 63 in the top 100. This European dominance highlights its combination of ancient wealth, cultural diversity, and technological progress. The other European cities in the top 10 were Madrid (third), followed by Amsterdam (fifth), Berlin (sixth), Rome (seventh), Barcelona (ninth) and London (tenth).
The non-European cities in the top 10 most sensitive were Dubai (2nd), Tokyo (4th) and New York (8th). Tokyo’s entry into the top 10, a first for the city, is attributed to its tourism infrastructure, easing of Covid-19 restrictions and weakening of the yen, which offer an excellent price to foreign visitors.
Asia is also high on the list, with several cities in the top 20 sensible, with Singapore (11th), Seoul (14th), Osaka (16th) and Hong Kong (17th), demonstrating the region’s growing influence. Tourist landscape.
Newcomers to this year’s edition were Washington, D. C. (48), Montreal, Canada (68), Santiago, Chile (88) and Vilnius, Lithuania (92).
New York City was the top ranking U.S. city on the list of best places to travel.
The 8 cities in the U. S. The most U. S. cities on the list include New York (No. 8), a backlog of two cities as of 2022. It is followed by Los Angeles at No. 19, followed by Orlando (25), Las Vegas (34) and Array Miami (35). , San Francisco (42), Washington D. C. (48) and Honolulu (67).
These 8 towns in the United States are identified by the diversity of their cultural, entertainment and tourist offerings, contributing to the country’s strong presence in the world tourism scene.
This was the first year that Washington D.C. made the list of 100 best places to travel.
The report highlights some of the top travel trends, adding sustainable tourism. As the world becomes more aware of environmental impacts, cities are adopting measures such as better public transport networks and methods to combat overtourism. This technique doesn’t just aim to maintain the environment. but also to the quality of life of local communities.
“Cities are now creatively emerging to the challenge of overtourism. From imposing limits on tourism to selling off-the-beaten-path destinations, the goal is to preserve cultural heritage while ensuring that tourism benefits visitors and local communities,” Popova said.
Looking ahead, Popova sees challenging situations on the horizon. “The new standard of living, fluctuations in inflation and geopolitical volatility will test the resilience of the tourism industry,” Popova said. “The demand for local and sustainable value-driven features will set the course for the industry to follow. “
Dubai was the second ranked city on the list.
Here is the complete ranking of the top 100 cities to visit now:
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