The Friendliest Cities in the World
The world’s destinations have been ranked according levels of happiness, friendliness, safety and treatment of tourists – with some unexpected cities topping the list.
In a list released by holiday website Travelbird, Australia has been poorly represented with only Sydney and Melbourne recognised in the top 100.
Australians are renowned worldwide for their friendliness and jovial nature – but it seems tourists aren’t impressed with the land Down Under when it comes to safety and welcoming travellers with open arms.
Travel experts and tourists who have jetted around the world were quizzed on their perceptions of each city they visited, and Australian destinations were harshly ranked by overseas holidaymakers.
Both Sydney and Melbourne were evenly matched in the overall happiness of citizens – both scoring a pleasant nine out of 10 – but it was the Nordic city of Oslo which took out the number one spot as happiest destination in the world with a perfect 10 score.
Trailing close behind Oslo on the happiness scale is Copenhagen in Denmark, while Reykjavik in Iceland made third place and three consecutive Swiss cities held down places four, five and six.
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European and Scandinavian cities dominated the top 10 happiest locations in the world – but right behind Toronto, Canada, was Auckland at number 11 and Melbourne and Sydney tying at 9/10 for happiness too.
The cities with the unhappiest locals were found to be Kiev in Ukraine, Phnom Penh in Cambodia and New Delhi in India.
The next category each city was ranked in was safety – sourced from United Nations data which investigated the ‘perception of security’ and ‘how safe people feel’.
An unexpected winner of this department was the UAE city of Abu Dhabi with a perfect score, while Melbourne sat at 49th place and Sydney at 58th, likely because of the threat of terror attacks and past incidents.
Travelbird also assessed each city on how willing locals are to welcome tourists into their own homes based on the number of dwellings listed on couchsurfing sites.
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