Just over half (53) of the world’s top 100 most welcoming cities are national capitals according to a comprehensive study published in October 2017 by online tourism firm TravelBird. Six … [Read more...]
Capital City Birthplaces for Richest Billionaires
Sixteen of the world’s 100 richest billionaires were born in a national capital city. That fact gives some credence to the notion that capital cities are well-suited to supporting lifestyles … [Read more...]
Top 10 Noisiest Capital Cities
Country capitals Cairo, Paris, Beijing and Delhi represent four out of the five cities with the 10 highest scores for noise pollution. Based on World Health Organization (WHO) data, … [Read more...]
Capital Cities Rank Among Top Financial Centers
Thirty-seven of the world’s 92 leading financial centers in 2017 were capital cities, according to the latest Global Financial Centers Index. Published in September 2017 as GFCI 22, the … [Read more...]
World’s Safest Capital Cities
Four of the world’s safest cities are Middle Eastern or Asian national capitals, namely Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Doha in Qatar, the island-city Singapore and Taipei in Taiwan. … [Read more...]