SINGAPORE, Dec. 14, 2012
/PRNewswire/—TripAdvisor™, the world’s largest travel site, today
reveals the results of its Cities Survey, which looks at how
international and local travellers view forty key tourist cities
around the world.
The results were compiled based on more than 75,000 responses to
a survey sent to those who have recently written TripAdvisor
reviews on the featured cities.
Getting around
Taxi services and local public transport were considered best in
Tokyo, while Singapore ranked second for taxi services and fifth
for other public transport.
Cleanliness and safety matters
The streets of Tokyo and Singapore took the first and second
places respectively for both the cleanliness and how safe
respondents felt in each city.
Cancun topped the list for having the friendliest locals and in
Asia, Tokyo (second) and Bangkok (seventh) were both featured in
the top 10.
In terms of the friendliest taxi drivers, Tokyo and Singapore
came in first and third places respectively.
According to respondents, New York City was the ultimate
paradise when it comes to shopping, coming in first place. In Asia,
Bangkok was the other shopping heaven as a runner up, while Tokyo
(fifth), Hong Kong (sixth), Kuala Lumpur (eighth) made up the rest
of the Asian destinations in the top ten.
Get your money’s worth
To get your money’s worth, respondents said Lisbon is the best
place. In Asia, Bangkok (third), Hanoi (fourth) and Kuala Lumpur
(ninth) also featured strongly in the list.
“Whilst the greatness of a city isn’t defined by just these
factors, cleanliness, safety, value-for-money, ease of using local
transport and even the friendliness of locals can be important when
it comes to the rating of a city,” said Jean Ow-Yeong, TripAdvisor
spokesperson. “It is therefore encouraging to see that Asian cities
like Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur have
ranked favourably on the world stage for many of these
categories.”
Note to Editors:
The survey was sent to those that have written a review on
either a hotel, restaurant or attraction in the featured cities in
during 2012, with the majority of surveys sent to travellers and
the remainder to locals. To be included in the results a city had a
minimum of 300 completed responses, with the ranking based on
average scores for each question. All analysis was conducted by
Brainbox Research. The selection of featured cities is based on the
key cities from countries which receive the largest number of
international visitor arrivals (data compiled by the UNWTO 2010).
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor™ is the world’s largest travel site,* enabling
travellers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers
trusted advice from real travellers and a wide variety of travel
choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools.
TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in
the world, with more than 60 million unique monthly
visitors, and over 75 million reviews and opinions. The
sites operate in 30 countries worldwide, including China under
daodao.com. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a
dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to
millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.
TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) manages
and operates websites under 19 other travel media brands, and
together the sites attract more than 74 millionunique monthly
visitors.* TripAdvisor, Inc.’s travel media brands include www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.everytrail.com,
www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com,
www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.onetime.com,
www.seatguru.com, www.sniqueaway.com,
www.smartertravel.com, www.tingo.com, www.travel-library.com, www.travelpod.com,
www.virtualtourist.com, www.whereivebeen.com, and www.kuxun.cn.
Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites,
Worldwide, July 2012
*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor, Inc. and its
subsidiaries, Worldwide, July 2012
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