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Australia's biggest city, Sydney, has again been
named the world's best city by readers of the U.S. magazine Travel and
Leisure.
It is the eighth time in 10 years that Sydney, known for its iconic
opera house, harbor bridge and
stunning beaches, has topped the list.
It was followed by the Thai capital Bangkok in second place, with
Italy's Rome and Florence in third and fourth places respectively. The
northern Thai city of Chiang Mai made its first appearance in the top 10,
placing fifth.
New York ranked sixth, followed by Istanbul in Turkey, Cape Town in
South Africa, Oaxaca in Mexico and San Francisco.
Travel and Leisure magazine announced the 2005 results in a variety of
categories in New York on Monday. The scores are indexed averages of
responses by readers to a questionnaire that asks them to rate
destinations, properties and companies relevant to their recent travel.
Bali again won the award for the world's best island, with the Four
Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan being voted by readers as the world's best
hotel.
The magazine's editor-in-chief, Nancy Novogrod, said there had been
significant changes in readers' taste since the survey was launched 10
years ago.
She said smaller, independent hotels now held more appeal than larger
ones, and interest in off-the-beaten-track locations continued to
grow.
Crystal Cruises was named world's best large-ship cruise line and
Singapore Airlines took the title of world's best international airline.
Novogrod said low-cost and regional airlines had become favorites among
U.S. domestic airlines, with Midwest Airlines ranking No.
1.
(Agencies) |
澳大利亞最大的城市悉尼，再次被美國《旅游與休閑》雜志的讀者們評為世界最佳城市。
這是悉尼十年內第八次獲此殊榮，其地標性建筑悉尼歌劇院、海港大橋以及美得讓人吃驚的海灘聞名遐邇。
緊隨其后的是泰國首都曼谷，意大利首都羅馬和佛羅倫薩分列三、四位。第五名是泰國北部城市清邁，這也是該城市首次躋身前10位。
紐約排名第六，隨后分別是土耳其的伊斯坦布爾、南非的開普敦、墨西哥的瓦哈卡及美國的舊金山。
周一，《旅游與休閑》雜志在紐約公布了2005年不同項目的評選結果。通過問卷調查的形式，讀者對他們最近出行的目的地、景點特色及旅行公司進行評級，將結果平均后得出最終得分。
巴厘島再次獲得世界最佳島嶼的稱號，位于山妍的四季度假酒店則被讀者評為世界最佳酒店。
該雜志總編南希·諾沃格洛德稱，自10年前發起這項調查以來，讀者的品位發生了很大的變化。
她表示，目前獨立的小型酒店要比大型酒店更有吸引力，人們對非主流旅游區的興趣繼續呈增長勢頭。
“水晶郵輪”被評為世界最佳大型郵輪，而新加坡航空公司則被評為世界最佳航空公司。
諾沃格德指出，那些低價位，區域性的航空公司在美國國內航空公司中脫穎而出，其中中西航空公司排名第一。
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2005-07-15 09:42
