

The city still tops our Promotions category, coming out in front for Insta hashtags, Facebook (or is it Meta) check-ins and TripAdvisor reviews.įortunately the city is almost back to pre-pandemic capacity, if the tube is any indication. Not that the city’s promotion engine was waning. Of course the eyes of the world were fixed on London throughout all the tumult more than any other city-save for maybe Kyiv-reminding everyone that London is spectacular and it’s been a really long while since they visited.

This has been the busiest start to summer London has seen in more than a decade-with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Royal Ascot, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Wimbledon, Boris’s resignation and, in the worst kind of end to summer, the Queen’s death and weeks of mourning. You can see the full list of the world’s 53 best cities here, or read on to learn more about the cities that ranked in the top 20.London is back! But, given the past few months, have citizens even noticed? “Now, after a prolonged period of limited travel, the world is opening up and people are itching to get back out there and explore cities again,” he says. It was also voted the number one place people would go if they could move to any other city.Īccording to Gleason, the 2022 list was more focused on what make cities great places to visit, including eating and drinking art, culture and museums and nightlife and party going. It was named the number one city on the list for resilience, as well as number three for art, culture and museums. But there were enough good things this year to keep NYC in the top 20. According to Gleason, only 23% of respondents said it’s a friendly city, 93% viewed it as expensive and 61% said it is not relaxing.

New York City also had a big drop-down 15 slots from last year, when it was voted number five.
