Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Interesting Places in the World - Part 1


Merlion at
Singapore Changi Airport 
SINGAPORE - Interestingly, I've been to several cities and countries that are considered top performing in their own areas. However, Singapore, was one of the countries included in all the three categories of world's top airports in 2012, most expensive cities in the world - 2013 and least corrupt countries -2013.

1. The World's Top Airports 2012 according to
www.worldairportawards.com. The results are based on 12 million passenger surveys completed during a 10-month survey period, covering over 385 airports.
The survey evaluates the total passenger experience across 39 airport service and product features, from arrival at an airport, through transit and departure processes to the boarding gate. Based on the results, I've been to 5 out of the top 10 in the list.
1. Incheon (Korea) International Airport
2. Singapore Changi Airport
3. Hong Kong International Airport
4. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
5. Beijing Capital International Airport
6. Munich Airport
7. Zurich Airport
8. Kuala Lumpur International Airport
9. Vancouver International Airport
10. Central Japan International Airport

2. Most Expensive Cities to Live in the World - 2013 - The Economist ranked the cities included based on the cost of products and services, such as gas, food, rent and transportation. The whole report was published at www.huffingtonpost.ca. I've been to 4 out of the 10 in the list. 
Tokyo Japan
Photo was taken while on the way
to Narita Airport

1. Tokyo
2. Osaka
3. Sydney
4. Oslo
5. Melbourne
6. Singapore
7. Zurich
8. Paris
9. Caracas (almost, when I was still in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
10. Geneva 
3. The Corruption Perceptions Index (www.transparency.org) ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 - 100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very clean.

Wellington, New Zealand
Photo was taken through Iphone
A country's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories included in the index. This year's index includes 176 countries and territories. Certain countries have the same scores with other countries on certain spots. I've been to 5 out of 15 countries in the list.
1. Denmark
1. Finland
1. New Zealand
4. Sweden
5. Singapore
6. Switzerland
7. Australia
7. Norway
9. Canada
9. Netherlands
11. Iceland
12. Luxembourg
13. Germany
14. Hongkong
15 Barbados

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