{"id":20867,"date":"2013-08-05T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/queenstown-voted-one-of-worlds-friendliest-cities-2\/"},"modified":"2013-08-05T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T09:55:00","slug":"queenstown-voted-one-of-worlds-friendliest-cities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/08\/queenstown-voted-one-of-worlds-friendliest-cities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Queenstown voted one of world\u2019s friendliest cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queenstown\u2019s stunning scenery, friendly people and diversity of experiences have earned it a top place on Conde Nast Traveler\u2019s list of 20 of the world’s friendliest cities.<\/span><\/span>

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Queenstown came in at No 4 on the list with a readers’ rating of 91.8.   Conde Nast readers said the “tranquil and peaceful town” boasted an “excellent outdoor vibe” paired with “down-to-earth, nice people.”<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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“The city itself is breathtaking, and it has so many areas that are close by for scenery and adventure sports.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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This “all-seasons jewel” is “clean and inviting”, delivering “mountains, lakes and vineyards” that are “a feast for the eyes and the palate”.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Readers thought Queenstown could get by on its “picturesque looks alone”, but that it “goes above and beyond with its hospitality”.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The list of the Friendliest and Unfriendliest Cities In The World<\/a> is a part of an annual Readers’ Choice survey where over 46,000 readers voted on everything from cities and islands to airlines and cruises.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Destination Queenstown CEO Graham Budd was delighted with the result and said gaining recognition from actual travellers through such an influential travel source was something to be celebrated.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a great acknowledgement that travellers from around the world feel that Queenstown delivers such a fantastic experience on all fronts.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re very passionate about where we live and love sharing it with others.  We\u2019re lucky enough to be surrounded by stunning lake and alpine environment which makes for a great natural playground and lifestyle.  Combined with a melting pot of cultures and friendly, down-to-earth people with strong entrepreneurial spirit, it makes it a really special place to visit.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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For more information about Queenstown please visit www.queenstownNZ.co.nz<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Queenstown\u2019s stunning scenery, friendly people and diversity of experiences have earned it a top place on Conde Nast Traveler\u2019s list of 20 of the world’s friendliest cities. Queenstown came in at No 4 on the list with a readers’ rating of 91.8.   Conde Nast readers said the “tranquil and peaceful town” boasted an “excellent outdoor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20867","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=20867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}