Bangkok named world's best city for 2008

The only Asian city in the Top 10, Bangkok, Thailand has topped the World's Top 10 Cities 2008 listed down by Travel Leisure.

Oberoi Rajvilas in Jaipur, India meanwhile has been voted best hotel in Asia, but it was hotel in South Africa that has been adjudged as the World's Best Hotel.

In the Islands category, Bali, Indonesia is the Asian winner but the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador is the world's over-all winner.

Travel Leisure also ranked top airlines, cruises and hotel spas.

Sad to say, can't find a Philippine city or island in the Asian rankings.

WORLD's TOP 10 CITIES
1 Bangkok 87.61
2 Buenos Aires 87.24
3 Cape Town 86.59
4 Sydney 86.49
5 Florence 86.24
6 Cuzco, Peru 86.15
7 Rome 85.12
8 New York 85.03
9 Istanbul 84.61
10 San Francisco 84.42

WORLD'S TOP 10 ISLANDS
1 Galápagos Islands 87.64
2 Bali 86.32
3 Maui 86.09
4 Kauai 85.87
5 Tasmania 85.00
6 Easter Island, Chile 84.78
7 Hawaii 84.66
8 Santorini, Greece 84.52
9 Great Barrier Reef Islands 84.42
10 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 83.82

WORLD'S TOP 100 HOTELS