Thailand News - Sydney #1 tourist city in the world. BKK #1 in asia

SirDougless · #1 11-10-2007, 15:01

Sydney ranked top city in tourist poll - News - Travel - smh.com.au

Doesn't make it any easier for me to return there tomorrow night.

Chiang Mai is #3 in asia.

Melbourne way behind Sydney, as expected.

Bello Uomo · #2 11-10-2007, 15:26

Sydney #1 in the world?!

Haha, the Opera House and Bridge you can do in one afternoon, shopping is hardly a patch on Melbourne, the beaches are good for about 15 days a year (if you can ever get to them.....the best ones are MILES out of the city) and the public transport system is bollocks. And the whole joint is full of poofs (not that there's anything wrong with that).

SirDougless · #3 11-10-2007, 15:39

[quote=Bello Uomo;394084]Sydney #1 in the world?!

Haha, the Opera House and Bridge you can do in one afternoon, shopping is hardly a patch on Melbourne, the beaches are good for about 15 days a year (if you can ever get to them.....the best ones are MILES out of the city) and the public transport system is bollocks. And the whole joint is full of poofs (not that there's anything wrong with that).[/quote]

That's a bit rough! Just because I'm going to Katoeys-R-Us tonight ...

Nautilus · #4 11-10-2007, 16:21

555, KL is not in the top 10 for Asia.

Dingo's · #5 11-10-2007, 16:51

Born and raised in Sydney was a great place to grow up. That was until I experienced other places. At 22 I moved and lived in Portland Oregon for 8 years and then moved back to Sydney.

The place is huge, busy, traffic is terrible, takes forever to get anywhere and reasonably expensive. Now living in Phuket for 3 years, I have no desire to ever move back to Australia, if I do, it would not be to Sydney.

Don't get me wrong, I love the place and always will. I prefer the smaller cities now instead...

aussie45 · #6 11-10-2007, 16:58

Probably a poll conducted in Sydney by Sydneysiders. On the subject of melbourne, if they were going to give the world an enema then they would shove the tube into Melbourne

SirDougless · #7 11-10-2007, 18:37

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Originally Posted by aussie45

Probably a poll conducted in Sydney by Sydneysiders. On the subject of melbourne, if they were going to give the world an enema then they would shove the tube into Melbourne

No, a poll of several hundred thousand world travellers, although I suspect most of them fly 1st class.

Better go easy on Melbourne - you might upset a BM or two.

K2 · #8 11-10-2007, 18:43

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Originally Posted by SirDougless

Melbourne way behind Sydney, as expected.

Kicking Mav out might improve their rating 55555555555555

SirDougless · #9 11-10-2007, 18:51

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Originally Posted by K2

Kicking Mav out might improve their rating 55555555555555

Looking at his avatar, he obviously prefers Brisbane.

easyrider_au · #10 11-10-2007, 18:57

Mav is not welcome in Sydney & I think Melbourne has had enough of him.

Rumour hasit, that Mav is responsible for bringing the Equine Virus (horse flu) into Australia.

BTW.....The only good thing that's ever come outta Melbourne is......THE HUME HIGHWAY 555555

Captain · #11 11-10-2007, 20:08

Sh*t, my city is 8 in Europe?? Before Vienna and London. No mentionning of Amsterdam, Prague, Athens...

visa2003 · #12 12-10-2007, 16:16

It would be interesting to find out the demographics of the people voting as Rio only comes in at No 10, Las Vegas or Miami do not get a look in and any party town you can think of, is not even considered!!!

JayBee · #13 12-10-2007, 16:21

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Originally Posted by Dingo's;

. At 22 I moved and lived in Portland Oregon for 8 years and then moved back to Sydney.

How did you like living in Portland?

Mav · #14 12-10-2007, 17:03

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Originally Posted by SirDougless

Looking at his avatar, he obviously prefers Brisbane.

Brisbane is great....l must visit it at some stage.

l don't mind Sydney....love to live at Coogee Beach.

Melbourne is ok place to live.....bit too cold, but never snows....can't say it's too wet as we are in the middle of a drought.....and there are heaps of asians to perv on....especially one l work with, who has hooters the size of Big Boys.

Dingo's · #15 12-10-2007, 17:41

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Originally Posted by JayBee

How did you like living in Portland?

I loved it. The rain does get to you at times but you just work around it. We'd get our gear and go tube fishing on the lakes in the mountains when it rained. There's so much outdoor activities to do. Also having year round snow skiing/boarding was great. We'd close our office early on Friday's and hit the slopes. A benefit when our clients were Salomon, Bonfire, Nike and Adidas.

Would have no problem moving back there. An awesome place.

JayBee · #16 12-10-2007, 17:49

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Originally Posted by Dingo's;

I loved it. The rain does get to you at times but you just work around it. We'd get our gear and go tube fishing on the lakes in the mountains when it rained. There's so much outdoor activities to do. Also having year round snow skiing/boarding was great. We'd close our office early on Friday's and hit the slopes. A benefit when our clients were Salomon, Bonfire, Nike and Adidas.

Would have no problem moving back there. An awesome place.

Sometimes I think about a move in that direction. Not sure if I could handle the rain, though. Maybe someday, if I don't end up moving to LOS first!

Oasis · #17 12-10-2007, 18:13

Sydney,Coogee beach, why would you want to be any where else.......

Melb is a nice place and has heaps of eye candy on the free for all trams.......I love the melb city and surrounding suburbs but other than that forget it. I cant wait to get back home to Coogee after 1 night in Melb. Sydney has a good climate but Brissy has the best lifestyle in Aust.

nelsonone · #18 15-10-2007, 10:12

i imagine that this demographic is in the very high socio/economic band.....Sydney seems to appeal to this end of the market

as at the other end does Pattaya to mongers....55555

i find myself getting frustrated about the slow traffic and fast people in sydney these days but in Wellington its the opposite

likeitalot · #19 15-10-2007, 11:41

Putting aside the shootings, stabbings and armed robberies that occur on a daily basis (I know it happens everywhere but a higher ratio in these burbs) in the area of Sydney I live, I look at the ethnic diversity. So many different backgrounds. So many good places to eat. Not posh digs but family owned and run restaurants serving authentic food. You just have to look. Forget the cbd it sucks.

Sydney tries to come across as cosmopolitan but it is not. I just spent several days in Melbourne, I hate the place but the women aren't bad and it is more sophisticated than Sydney.

I can see the bridge and opera house just by standing up, no big deal. A bridge is a bridge IMO and you cant go to the beach because you only end up stepping on a tourist or a backpacker.

marc26 · #20 16-10-2007, 01:14

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Originally Posted by JayBee

Sometimes I think about a move in that direction. Not sure if I could handle the rain, though. Maybe someday, if I don't end up moving to LOS first!

Pac Northwest is most underrated place in the world!!
just a beautiful part of the world