Sydney again named ‘world’s best city’

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Sydney again named Â'worldÂ's best cityÂ' Sydney has again been named the Â'WorldÂ's Best CityÂ' by US based Travel and Leisure Magazine. The city has won this title consecutively for the past four years. Tourism NSW has reflected SydneyÂ's worldwide image in its Â'ThereÂ's no place in the world like SydneyÂ' advertising campaigns, costing $4 million. Executive director and gm of Tourism NSW, John OÂ'Neill, said the investment in the Sydney tourism brand was paying off, and the friendliness and vibrancy of SydneyÂ's residents had enhanced the cityÂ's image. Travel and Leisure magazineÂ's WorldÂ's Best Awards recognise readersÂ' favourite hotels, cities, islands, tour outfitters, airliners, cruise liners and rental car agencies. 1 1 Sydney 88.30 2 4 Bangkok 87.08 3 2 Rome 86.26 4 3 Florence 86.20 5 n/a Chiang Mai, Thailand 84.93 6 6 New York 84.82 7 8 Istanbul 84.78 8 5 Cape Town 84.51 9 7 Oaxaca, Mexico 84.41 10 n/a San Francisco N/A www.travelbiz.com.au/articles/37/0c032637.asp

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Sydney the darling of US travellers American travellers have voted Sydney the world's best city for the eighth time. The 2000 Olympic city nudged out Bangkok, Rome, Florence and Chiang Mai to take out the US Travel and Leisure magazine's top spot, with the publication's home city New York coming in at sixth. Sydney was not Australia's only shining light in the awards, with the Great Barrier Reef islands rating No 5 in the world's top polling islands and No 1 in the Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific section of the same category. "Which country has the world's friendliest natives, an exhilarating wine scene, world-famous beaches and stunning natural wonders? Australia, of course," a spokesman for the magazine said. "Year after year, Sydney tops our readers' World's Best Cities list and year after year, travellers return from the other side of the world exhilarated with what they've seen." Tourism Australia boss Scott Morrison said his organisation's toughest challenge was to convert that love of Sydney into visits. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=55101

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