Budapest is the world’s top pleasantly surprising tourist city!

Have you ever heard about the so-called Paris syndrome? It may evolve provided you visit a city, and what you see and experience there is underwhelming compared to your expectations. According to a recent report, on top of that world list is Florida’s Orlando. Surprisingly, on the other end of the list, on top of those cities that pleasantly surprise tourists coming from every corner of the globe is Budapest, Hungary’s marvellous capital. And that is another reason you should come and visit the pearl of the Danube!

According to travel.radicalstorage.com, Paris syndrome is not only the upsetting feeling when a place you visit does not live up to the image you have created prior in your mind but also the physical and mental pain it causes in some sensitive tourists. It also has symptoms including derealisation, anxiety, depersonalisation, dizziness, tachycardia, sweating, vomiting and even hallucinations. If you want to avoid that, the best choice you have is Budapest, a recent study based on the reviews on TripAdvisor found.

They analysed “over 826,000 TripAdvisor reviews, across 100 of the most visited cities in the world, to find out which city is most guilty of not meeting tourists’ expectations and creating the ultimate Paris syndrome environment”, they said on their website.

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Their key findings are interesting.

Orlando is the most underwhelming city in the world despite its Disneyland or maybe because of it. The rate of negative comments on TripAdvisor reaches almost 20 percent in the case of that US city. Interestingly, there are no European cities among the top 10 Paris syndrome places of the world, only metropolises in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and China. The only exception is Johannesburg, in South Africa, standing in sixth place.

However, Budapest is on the other end of the list, being the most overwhelming city in the world, where travellers are most pleasantly surprised by their experience. That feeling does not have a syndrome name yet. Furthermore, “Budapest is considered the most ‘beautiful’ city while Rome has the most ‘must-see’ attractions according to tourists’ reviews”, travel.radicalstorage.com says.

“Budapest, Hungary, was the city that exceeded tourists’ expectations the most, reversing the Paris syndrome effect, with 96.17% of the city’s reviews containing phrases of praise and pleasant surprise. Budapest’s top things to do primarily focus on exploring the city’s stunning architecture and meandering river”, they added.

The second from that end of the list is Brussels, Belgium, while the third is Zurich, Switzerland.

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Source: travel.radicalstorage.com