Is Budapest a welcoming city?

The third property was safety, which focused on people’s perception of safety rather than the quality of public security. Among the top ten safest cities, three was from Switzerland and two from Austria, while the top safest city was Abu Dhabi. Budapest ranked 87^th.

The fourth category, which meant the overall happiness of the population, was dominated by Western Europe and the first three – Oslo, Copenhagen and Reykjavik, respectively – were from Scandinavia. The stereotypical pessimism of Hungarians was worth the 78^th place.

It is not surprising that in the English proficiency category, the first 15 entries were English speaking countries – ironically, Dublin exceeded all four British and six American cities on the list.

Some recent surveys claim that Hungarian people’s English skills are better. Budapest, here, ranked in the top half as the 45^th.

The category of “openness to accommodate tourists” gave Budapest the most favorable rank of all, the 27^th. This category was based on the number of hosts in each city and people’s willingness to invite tourists to their own homes. This branch was ruled by Paris, France.

The last category was “tourist carrying capacity”, which meant the number of registered hotel beds and peer to peer beds per residents. Budapest became 93^rd, while the top spot was taken by Doha, Quatar.

Source: TravelBird