Tokyo’s voted one of the best…again

It seems that the world’s cities are constantly being rated.
And Tokyo, Japan has often been ranked #1 (for example, Tokyo has been voted the city with the world’s best cuisine many times)…and at least Tokyo usually makes the ranking’s “Top Five”.

A recent survey asked five groups of people to rate the world’s cities.
The groups were “Business managers”, “Scientists and researchers”, “Artists”, “Tourists”, and “Residents of the cities”.
Then the five lists were averaged into a final ranking of the “World’s Best Cities”.

The “Business managers” Top Ten cities are:

1. London
2. New York
3. Singapore
4. Hong Kong
5. Shanghai
6. Paris
7. Tokyo
8. Beijing
9. Zurich
10. Geneva

The “Scientists” Top Ten are:

1. New York
2. London
3. Tokyo
4. Paris
5. Seoul
6. Los Angeles
7. Boston
8. Singapore
9. Berlin
10. Chicago

The “Artists” list:

1. New York
2. Paris
3. Berlin
4. London
5. Tokyo
6. Chicago
7. Vienna
8. Los Angeles
9. Amsterdam
10. Madrid

“Tourists” voted like this:

1. New York
2. London
3. Paris
4. Beijing
5. Shanghai
6. Vienna
7. Tokyo
8. Berlin
9. Singapore
10. Hong Kong

And finally “Residents’” Top-Ten:

1. New York
2. Paris
3. Berlin
4. Tokyo
5. London
6. Amsterdam
7. Zurich
8. Vienna
9. Copenhagen
10. Vancouver

When the lists were averaged Tokyo was fourth place in the Global City Rankings.