{"id":20564,"date":"2013-10-29T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/auckland-one-of-lonely-planets-top-10-cities-2\/"},"modified":"2013-10-29T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:17:00","slug":"auckland-one-of-lonely-planets-top-10-cities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/auckland-one-of-lonely-planets-top-10-cities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland one of Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland has been rated as one of the world\u2019s Top 10 Cities to visit next year in Lonely Planet\u2019s Best in Travel 2014, published today.<\/span><\/span>

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Auckland sits alongside cities such as Paris, Zurich, Shanghai and Vancouver in the ninth annual guide which highlights the best trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the upcoming year.<\/span><\/div>\n
\"AucklandIn addition to Auckland\u2019s \u201cTop 10 Cities 2014\u201d ranking, West Coast New Zealand has also been selected as one of the \u201cTop 10 Regions to Visit in 2014\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Auckland is recognised for its cuisine, culture and coastal scenery with Lonely Planet saying: \u201cFood, arts and exploring the coastal hinterland are all excellent reasons to extend your stay in New Zealand\u2019s biggest and most cosmopolitan city.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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Tourism New Zealand General Manager Tim Burgess says the accolade from the world\u2019s number one independent guidebook is well-deserved.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cAuckland is not only the largest Polynesian city in the world but a combination of magnificent natural scenery and a vibrant city lifestyle,\u201d Mr Burgess said.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Auckland is praised in \u2018Best in Travel\u2019 for its newly revitalised waterfront districts like Wynyard Quarter, and shopping and dining precincts like Britomart.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The region\u2019s west coast beaches, canyoning and abseiling in the Waitakere Ranges and the Hauraki Gulf and islands, including Waiheke Island\u2019s vineyards are also singled out.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Auckland\u2019s many festivals and events, its vibrant M\u0101ori and Pacific culture and impressive line up of major sporting events also received special mention.<\/span><\/div>\n

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ATEED (Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development) Chief Executive, Brett O\u2019Riley says this accolade adds weight to Auckland\u2019s marketing efforts to attract domestic and international visitors to the region.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cThird party endorsements like this provide an outstanding independent platform for us to showcase all that is so special about Auckland to a global audience,\u201d Mr O\u2019Riley said.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Top 10 Cities were independently nominated by more than 500 Lonely Planet authors and staff and selected based on topicality, excitement and that special x-factor.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Auckland has been rated as one of the world\u2019s Top 10 Cities to visit next year in Lonely Planet\u2019s Best in Travel 2014, published today. Auckland sits alongside cities such as Paris, Zurich, Shanghai and Vancouver in the ninth annual guide which highlights the best trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the upcoming year. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}