Sydney voted world's best city
SYDNEY has been ranked the world's number one city for the eighth consecutive year by a prestigious travel magazine.
SYDNEY has been ranked the world's number one city for the eighth consecutive year by one of the world's most prestigious travel magazine.
The Harbour City beat San Francisco, Paris, Rome and Melbourne in the annual Conde Nast Traveller Reader's Choice Awards in New York.
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More than 25,000 readers of the US magazine also voted Sydney the best city in the Australia-Pacific for a record 21st year.
Vancouver was the number one city in The Americas, San Francisco in the US, Florence in Europe, Cape Town in South Africa and Ubud was top in Asia.
Readers were asked to rate different global cities on a variety of criteria, including ambience, friendliness, culture and sights, restaurants, lodging and shopping.
NSW Tourism Minister Jodi McKay said the ranking was a fantastic endorsement by the travel-savvy readers.
”Visitors obviously enjoyed the very best of Sydney including our laid-back lifestyle, our iconic attractions and the beauty of our natural environment,” she said.
”This reward is a fantastic honour for the State2s tourism and hospitality sector and confirms what many residents already know – that Sydney is the best city in the world.”
Sydney received close to 2.6 million international overnight visitors in the last financial year.
Visitors spent nearly 51.5 million nights in Sydney, up by 6.9 per cent the previous year and spent more $5.2 billion during their stay.
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