Bangkok is 'world's best city'

Bangkok in Thailand has been voted the world's best city in the latest Travel + Leisure magazine online poll.

It has moved up two places since last year's survey knocking last year's chart topper Florence, Italy, from its from the first place spot.

Nancy Novogrod, editor-in-chief at the magazine, claimed that adventurous destinations had topped the travel agenda among those readers that took part.

She said: "We're delighted to welcome so many new winners this year…"Nature, and adventure, were clearly a draw in the selections."

Meanwhile, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador won best Island, while Singapore Airlines was voted travel airline top dog.

Deputy governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Surapol Sawetseranee, claimed that the prestigious recognition couldn't have come at a better time, right before the high season.

This could see an influx of tourists trying to book into the city's already busy hostels.

But although it was all change at the top in terms of best international city, New York maintained its status as the US's most popular city destination for the eighth year in a row.
source:http://www.hostelbookers.com/info/news/18679194