Kuala Lumpur has been listed among the world’s best holiday destinations for 2024 by ‘Which’, a UK non-profit organisation for consumers. The capital city of Malaysia has been ranked at number 18th in their annual listings.
Kuala Lumpur managed an overall city score of 75 per cent, scoring four stars for ‘food and drink’, ‘accommodation’, ‘shopping’ and ‘value for money’ criterias (star ratings from one to five).
For the criteria of ‘cultural sights and tourists attractions’, Kuala Lumpur attained three stars and scored two stars for ‘ease of getting around’ and ‘lack of crowds’ criterias.
Sydney comes out at the top spot, while Chicago is recommended, ahead of New York and Los Angeles, as the best city in the United States.
There are also a number of cities from the Asian region which were listed in the World’s Best Holiday Destinations.
The other Asian cities that fared better than Kuala Lumpur were Kyoto (4th), Singapore (5th), Tokyo (8th), Bangkok (12th) and Ho Chi Minh City (17th).
The organisation asked more than 1,800 respondents to rate their experiences of world travel outside of Europe over the past three years. Locations were marked on seven separate criteria, including the quality of food and drink, cultural sights and tourist attractions, ease of getting around and value for money. A city score was then calculated based on a combination of overall satisfaction and likeliness to recommend the destination.
Rory Boland, Editor of Which? Travel, said: ‘The top-rated cities in our latest survey may be wildly different, but they all have one important thing in common – they offer visitors a feast for the senses, with a fantastic array of cultural sights, excellent food and stunning scenery combining to create that undeniable “wow” factor.
Other Asian cities in the list that finished below Kuala Lumpur were Hong Kong (19th) and Hanoi (23rd).
Las Vegas, a popular tourist destination renowned for its casinos and entertainment scene, suprisingly took the bottom spot.
Kuala Lumpur City has been recognised in many world’s best listings in the recent years including InterNation’s Best Cities for Expats (8th) last year and Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023: Eat.
