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Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	5	Kyoto, Japan	90.21
2	7	Charleston, South Carolina	90.18
3	3	Florence	89.99
4	-	Siem Reap, Cambodia	89.82
5	6	Rome	89.61
6	2	Istanbul	89.58
7	-	Seville, Spain	89.28
8	8	Barcelona	89.18
9	-	Mexico City	89.07
10	-	New Orleans	88.74

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Charleston, South Carolina	90.18
2	6	New Orleans	88.74
3	7	Savannah, Georgia	88.30
4	2	San Francisco	87.53
5	4	Chicago	87.21
6	9	Vancouver	86.71
7	5	Santa Fe, New Mexico	86.68
8	8	Quebec City	86.51
9	3	New York City	86.26
10	-	Boston	85.69

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	3	Mexico City	89.07
2	1	Cuzco, Peru	87.63
3	2	Buenos Aires	83.75
4	5	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	81.84
5	4	Rio de Janiero	81.08
6	7	Santiago, Chile	79.12
7	6	Lima, Peru	78.76
8	8	Playa del Carmen, Mexico	78.56
9	-	Los Cabos, Mexico	77.97
10	10	Cancún, Mexico	75.17

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	2	Florence	89.99
2	3	Rome	89.61
3	1	Istanbul	89.58
4	-	Seville, Spain	89.28
5	4	Barcelona	89.18
6	-	Budapest	88.39
7	7	Prague	88.27
8	-	Siena, Italy	87.51
9	5	Paris	87.15
10	-	Edinburgh	87.13

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	2	Kyoto, Japan	90.21
2	4	Siem Reap, Cambodia	89.82
3	1	Bangkok	88.32
4	6	Tokyo	85.35
5	5	Hong Kong	84.89
6	8	Shanghai	83.56
7	10	Hanoi, Vietnam	82.77
8	-	Xi'an, China	82.48
9	-	Beijing	81.61
10	7	Singapore	81.29

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	2	Jerusalem	88.47
2	1	Cape Town	88.41
3	3	Tel Aviv	84.70
4	-	Marrakesh, Morocco	83.22
5	5	Cairo	79.89

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Sydney	88.39
2	3	Melbourne	85.53
3	2	Queenstown, New Zealand	84.89

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- means that the winner was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.

Debut denotes a World's Best Awards debut.

Great Value denotes a rate of $250 or less

Hall of Fame denotes Hall of Fame

Throughout the World’s Best Awards, scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth of a point; in the event of an exact tie, properties, companies, or destinations share the same ranking.