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Estonia’s capital Tallinn among the top ten travel cities of the world

UK’s travel magazine and web portal Wanderlust voted Tallinn the tenth favourite travel city among over 600 cities.  

The UK’s travel magazine for independent-minded and adventurous travellers asked its readers to assess their satisfaction with travels from September 2007 to November 2008.  

Countries with the highest rating were Japan, Namibia and New Zealand. This list ended with Algeria, which gained the satisfaction of only a quarter of its visitors. No European countries reached the top ten.  

As for cities, the travellers were most satisfied with Antigua (Guatemala), Kyoto (Japan), Boston (USA), Kraków (Poland), Havana (Cuba), Damascus (Syria), Luang Prabang (Laos), Cuzco (Peru), Sydney (Australia) and Tallinn (Estonia). The satisfaction index of Tallinn was as high as 91.43%. The least satisfactory cities were Karachi in Pakistan and the capital of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.  

The fact that Tallinn was chosen to be in the top ten is especially delightful considering the fact that the World Business Forum placed Estonia 27th among 133 countries as regards tourism competition. The only new member of the European Union with a higher rating is Cyprus holding 21st place.  

Margus Reinsalu’s business partner Sean Cusack from Property Logic, which is one of the leading global real estate development companies with luxury resort projects in Morocco and Brazil, believes that this success is very valuable: “I am happy that Estonia’s capital Tallinn is valued not only among foreign investors but also among tourists. This is a great honour and I am more that convinced that Estonia cannot be a disappointment for anybody.”