New Delhi: Sydney has been named the world’s best city in a survey conducted by Conde Nast Traveller. The top-10 global cities rankings are part of the publication’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards for 2024, which launched on October 1 in the UK. Sydney, which ranked no. 1 with a score of 92.26, was praised by the Conde Nast Traveller UK for its “unique, indoor-outdoor way of life”. Sydney beat out tourism hotspots spanning five continents, including Valencia in Spain (92.78), Singapore (92.47), Hong Kong (91.72) and Stockholm, Sweden (91.11), which ranked second to fifth place respectively.
Sydney was also named the world’s second-most friendly city, with a score of 93.85, behind Singapore, with 94.84 points, while Sydney hotel The Fullerton was crowned the best hotel in Australasia, according to the New York Post.
Conde Nast Traveler US also unveiled its Readers’ Choice Awards this week, with Sydney placing third in the US awards list of the best cities in the world, describing it as “an ideal getaway no matter the season”. Australian hotel Ritz-Carlton Melbourne was named the best hotel in Australia and New Zealand for 2024.
The UK and US Readers’ Choice Awards winners were chosen based on the votes of more than half a million survey respondents, the New York Post reported.
“If you’ve experienced a snippet of life Down Under, you’ve probably fallen hard for the unique, indoor-outdoor way of life the Aussies embrace so well,” Traveller said about Sydney.