What if we asked tourists which cities are the least welcoming to them? This is what the magazine Travel and Leisure did. , posing the question to its readers. In this questionnaire, no less than 200,000 readers have evaluated 266 cities, based on different aspects. And, surprise, many very popular cities enter the top ten of the ranking. Some of these cities are even the most famous in the world, rich culturally, gastronomically... but not necessarily welcoming, like Los Angeles (5th place) and New York (6th place).
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On the first step of the podium, we find Moscow, ranked the most inhospitable city. In question, the road traffic, the coldness of the inhabitants, and the not exceptional food... But the real surprise of the ranking, are these 4 French cities also mentioned... There is Marseille, ranked... 4th least welcoming city! And even if Paris is not on the list at all, readers of Travel and Leisure find that Marseille remains more relaxed than Paris… According to them, the 10th least welcoming city is… Cannes! Readers judged that it looked like nothing more than a haunt for rich people... Funnier, tourists ranked it 22nd... Nice, because of its "not friendly people at all", despite its charming Promenade des Anglais! Finally, Lyon is also one of the least welcoming French cities, it occupies the 26th position in the ranking!
Note that Lyon welcomes nearly 6 million tourists a year. It is one of the oldest French cities, and its architectural and cultural heritage is a dream (the Opera, the district of Croix-Rousse, the basilica of Fourvière, etc.). Nice is the 4th most visited city in France, with 4.3 million tourists per year.
To get an idea of the taste of the tourists surveyed, here is the list of the top 15 most inhospitable cities in the ranking:
1) Moscow, Russia
2) Atlantic City, USA
3) St Petersburg, Russia
4) Marseilles, France
5) Los Angeles, USA
6) New York, USA
7) Philadelphia, USA
8) Baltimore, USA
9) Las Vegas, USA
10) Cannes, France
11) Beijing, China
12) Miami, USA
13) Washington, USA
14) Frankfurt, Germany
15) Boston, USA
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