Tokyo best city for tourists, Moscow worst: Poll

Moscow has received the unwelcome honour of being voted the worst city in the world for visitors.

According to the annual Cities Survey from TripAdvisor , which collates the opinions of more than 54,000 travellers to the top 37 urban tourist destinations around the world, Moscow came in last place in a competitionbeating five review categories.

Though on the topic of "best overall experience" it only came third-last , the city was second-last for familyfriendliness , restaurants and shopping, and rock bottom for helpful locals, taxi services and drivers, value for money and hotels.

Mumbai was actually voted the worst city for overall experience, despite only coming last on clean streets and ease of getting around.

And second-last was the picturesque city of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic , presumably because there is little else to do beyond admiring the view.

The survey did also rank the cities that came out top in each category, with Tokyo crowned the best destination for tourists overall. London missed out overall, coming 11th, but achieved a respectable second place for nightlife and third for shopping.

Other high-ranking cities included Singapore, which was number one for comfort travelling and second for taxi service, cleanliness, ease of getting around and familyfriendliness ; Rome topped the list of things to do and culture; Dubai was first for shopping and hotels.

Source: The Independent