Thimphu second friendliest city in the world

Readers of the UK based travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler have given thubs up for Thimphu as the second friendliest city in the world to visit.

Thimphu comes second to Florianopolis, a seaside, partygoers’ destination on an island in the south of Brazil.

Thimphu beat out other cities like Queenstown, New Zealand; Charleston, South Carolina; Paro, Bhutan; Margaret River, Australia; Mandalay, Burma; Kilkenny, Ireland; Ubud, Bali, Indonesia and Chiang Mai, Thailand to be rated second best destination when it comes to welcoming visitors with open arms.

A common thread among the top 10 friendliest cities is that most are small to mid-sized destinations from less affluent, modest countries such as Bhutan, Burma, Ireland and Indonesia.

While only one city in US has been rated friendliest, many cities were included in the un-friendliest. They are Newark, New Jersey; Islamabad, Pakistan; Oakland, California; Luanda, Angola; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Lome, Togo; New Haven, Connecticut; Detroit, Michigan; Atlantic City, New Jersey and Tangier, Morocco.