wow, these polls are coming thick & fast!lol my turn to post one!
from todays tele>
SYDNEY BEST WORLD CITY
Sydney remains a dream destination for global travellers after being named the worlds best city.
The United States based magazine- Travel & Leisure, gave it the award for the 8th time in 10 years, based on the evaluation of 425,000 readers. Sydney won ahead of Rome,Florence, Bangkok & Cape Town.
Acting NSW Tourism Minister Tony Kelly said the awrd confirmed Sydney's repuation as a world city and the first destination of choice for internnational travellers to Australia.
No other Australian city makes it in top 10. The Great Barrier Reef Islands also featured prominently in the awards.
They were named 10th in the worlds best island category and no 1 in Australiasia region, Tassie was 2nd.
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So there you go guys! 8 times in 10 years is a pretty good rap! :cheers:

http://www.spacecowgirl.nu/traceysnaps/sony_citynightskyline.jpg

http://www.spacecowgirl.nu/traceysnaps/sony_harbourday.jpg

tell me stuff that is new to me.

jk :)

HUN article below.
This is pretty amazing and we should all be proud that Sydney just keeps kicking arse internationally year after year as a flagship for visitors despite it being so far from the rest of the world. Enough of the bickering about the numbers, just be happy that its an Aussie city !!!!!!!

Sydney named best destination
Herald Sun 13jul04

SYDNEY has been voted the world's best city destination for the third year in a row in Travel and Leisure World magazine's annual readers' survey, which also selected Bali as the top island.

The Australian city beat out a strong challenge from Rome which leapfrogged Bangkok and Florence to take second place in this year's poll. Cape Town was voted the fifth best city.
It was also a third successive triumph for Bali, which remained the top island destination despite sharp rises up the table by the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai, Maui and Hawaii.
The Asia-Pacific region dominated the best international airline category, taking eight of the top 10 places with Singapore Airlines in the number one slot.
In a major shift from the 2003 results, six of the 10 highest-rated hotels in the survey were in Africa, four of them newcomers to the list.
The top hotel in the world was the Singita Private Game Reserve, in Sabi Sands, South Africa, followed by the Kichwa Tembo, in Masai Mara, Kenya.
Last year's winner, The Peninsula in Bangkok, dropped down to third place.
Nancy Novogrod, editor-in-chief of Travel and Leisure World magazine, said the emergence of the African hotels reflected "an enormous shift in interest toward that continent".


World's Best Cities
Sydney may own the No. 1 position again, winning 8 of the past 10 years in a remarkable show of consistency.

Top 10 Overall
Rank … Name….. 2004 …. 2003

1……… Sydney….. 87.58…. 87.62
2……….. Rome….. 87.00…. 86.64
3……. Florence…… 86.77…. 87.14
4…… Bangkok….. 85.68….. 87.11
5 ……Cape Town …..85.30 ……84.88
6…… New York….. 84.67….. 84.67
7….. Oaxaca, Mex …..84.15 …..N/A
8……. Istanbul …..83.94….. 83.18
9 …..San Francisco….. 83.64 …..83.86
10 …..Venice…. 83.49….. 83.23


World's Best Cities: Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific
Rank … Name….. 2004 …. 2003
1…. Sydney…. 87.58…. 87.62
2… Melbourne…. 78.68…. 80.83
3… Queenstown…, NZ 78.44…. 79.30
4 …Christchurch… NZ 76.39…. 75.94
5… Auckland NZ… 75.94…. 76.84

This year's results are based on 425,105 evaluations, making it Travel + Leisure's most comprehensive (and competitive) awards to date. The rankings identify the cream of the crop around the globe: the top hotels, cities, islands, cruise lines, outfitters, airlines, and car-rental agencies.

Lol at tell me stuff that is new to me.

Yes agreed, well done to Sydney...and Australia for that matter.

i think after 2000 Olympics exposure, Sydney really has dug its heels in as one of the most popular visited city's in the world.

wonder how many of them have been to sydney or are just voting on a postcard utopian feel they got from the olympics

Got a long way to go as far as visitors to Sydney and Australia goes when you consider Paris and France get over 40 million visitors per year . But I suppose for the "arse end of the world " we are not doing too badly.

we loose more money than we make on tourism, we need to capatalise on the dream destianation and make it a reality... its all good that everyone would love to come to aus, but we need to get them on a plane to be worth anything

I knew that! :)

Got a long way to go as far as visitors to Sydney and Australia goes when you consider Paris and France get over 40 million visitors per year . But I suppose for the "arse end of the world " we are not doing too badly.
also its remoteness i suppose. looooong way to come for hols!

Yes agreed. Unfortunately, Australia is just too far for a great part of the world and therefore we will never get the numbers that the big truely international cities get.

Just imagine what Sydney will be like now without Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

Just imagine what Sydney will be like now without Harbour Bridge and Opera House.


Do you know something we don't?

:sly:

*Reports Matxvolta to my Government issued fridge magnet*

Bah. It'll be replaced with even better structures.

At least Melbournians will be happy about it.

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At least Melbournians will be happy about it.

Duh? :runaway:

Just imagine what Sydney will be like now without Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

There would be a lot less japanese tourists
AND
Very little amount of hotels in the CBD

CULWULLA I have to hand it to you - you have guts!!

Imagine if I posted a similar article on Brisbane or if other some other Sydney person posted this article - there would be war on!! LOL. I would have posted it in Brisbane news or in Chrisaus worthless news section to be safe.

jt

CULWULLA I have to hand it to you - you have guts!!
Imagine if I posted a similar article on Brisbane or if other some other Sydney person posted this article - there would be war on!! LOL. I would have posted it in Brisbane news or in Chrisaus worthless news section to be safe.
jt

Rubbish Jayt. You would not have done that at all.

Just as an example, can u tell me in what section of the forum u started the thread 'Brisbane - The Boom Continues!!!'...???

Anyway. nice job there syd. congrats

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

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Just as an example, can u tell me in what section of the forum u started the thread 'Brisbane - The Boom Continues!!!'...???


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=117983

Rubbish Jayt. You would not have done that at all.

Just as an example, can u tell me in what section of the forum u started the thread 'Brisbane - The Boom Continues!!!'...???

Anyway. nice job there syd. congrats

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

In this section. I mean if other people from other cities can start positive threads why can't we in Brisbane? Its no good having a bright light and then hiding it is it because you feell sorry for other cities or you don't want to offend people. A lot of the time I just find things of interest and put them in the Brisbane news section or Chrisaus worthles news section so I can find them again if I have to - not because I want people to read them.

I only started a thread on the Brisbane apartment boom because it has been so big in the news of late.

LOL - perhaps we should have a special "toot your cities own horn" sub forum.

jt

Its no good having a bright light and then hiding it is it because you feell sorry for other cities or you don't want to offend people.
jt

With all due respect... You have to be the most condescending or patronising person i have ever come across.

is it any wonder that nobody likes you??

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

one subforum for toot your citie's horn.

One subforum for rubbish another city.

One subforum for complain about people who argue which city is best.

And one subforum to gather them all and in darkness bind them.

ahem