Paris is the best city in the world — again

The city of love conquers all.

Paris, France, has secured the No. 1 spot as the best city in the world, according to Euromonitor International’s Top 100 City Destinations ranking.

The winning spot is not unfamiliar to the French, who soared to the top of the list last year as well.

“Paris has retained the title of the world’s leading city following exceptional performance across the tourism policy and attractiveness; tourism infrastructure; and tourism performance pillars,” said Nadejda Popova, Senior Project Manager at Euromonitor.

New York City is the only American locale that made the top 10 — but it only so, barely sliding into the last spot.

The city rankings are based on economics, business, tourism, infrastructure, policy, attractiveness, health, safety and sustainability.

European destinations performed significantly better than most areas.

“The good standing of European destinations in the Index is largely attributable to two important pillars – tourism policy and attractiveness and tourism infrastructure,” stated Euromonitor.

Unfortunately, popular cities like Amsterdam (third), Madrid (fourth), London (sixth) and Tokyo (20th) did not stand a chance.

However, Dubai — which placed second in the rankings — did take the lead in international arrivals by city, with over 12 million trips in 2022.

Besides NYC, only 17 other U.S. cities made the list, including Los Angeles (14), Orlando (22), Miami (30), San Francisco (43) and Honolulu (78).

It may come as a surprise to some that New York is the top-ranked American city out of the entire country. Luckily for the Big Apple frightening crime rates, increasing homelessness and political scandals were not factors in the best city rankings.

International tourism had a positive bounce back following many COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in 2022, according to Euromonitor International, with consumers apparently looking forward to jumping back on the plane and seeing what the other side of the world looks like.

Although there is a major boost in tourism, regions are still looking for ways to improve infrastructure and sustainability and meet tourist demands, the organizatio said.

THE WORLD’S TOP 100 CITIES 2022

1. Paris

2. Dubai

3. Amsterdam

4. Madrid

5. Rome

6. London

7. Munich

8. Berlin

9. Barcelona

10. New York

11. Prague

12. Milan

13. Lisbon

14. Los Angeles

15. Singapore

16. Vienna

17. Stockholm

18. Dublin

19. Frankfurt am Main

20. Tokyo

21. Florence

22. Orlando, FL

23. Athens

24. Abu Dhabi

25. Istanbul

26. Seoul

27. Venice

28. Zurich

29. Toronto

30. Miami

31. Shanghai

32. Sydney

33. Brussels

34. Melbourne

35. Nice

36. Hong Kong

37. Las Vegas, NV

38. Guangzhou

39. Bangkok

40. Copenhagen

41. Shenzhen

42. Osaka

43. San Francisco

44. Palma de Mallorca

45. Porto

46. Vancouver

47. Kyoto

48. Taipei

49. Seville

50. Warsaw

51. Mexico City

52. Budapest

53. Rhodes

54. Edinburgh

55. Beijing

56. Sao Paulo

57. Valencia

58. Doha

59. Krakow

60. Sharjah

61. Bologna

62. Tel Aviv

63. Kuala Lumpur

64. Antalya

65. Rio de Janeiro

66. Cancun

67. Buenos Aires

68. Heraklion

69. Verona

70. Sapporo

71. Busan

72. Tallinn

73. Marne-la-Vallée

74. Fukuoka

75. Marrakech

76. Riyadh

77. Delhi

78. Honolulu, HI

79. Ho Chi Minh City

80. Macau

81. Thessaloniki

82. Cairo

83. Jerusalem

84. Playa Del Carmen

85. Mecca

86. Phuket

87. Punta Cana

88. Hanoi

89. Medina

90. Zhuhai

91. Lima

92. Chiang Mai

93. Cusco

94. Pattaya-Chonburi

95. Guilin

96. Tbilisi

97. Dammam

98. Hurgada

99. Muscat

100. Johor Bahru