Get a shock or surprise but Kathmandu is ranked third best city in Asia in 2006 by Travel+LeisureMagazine

Florence tops the list of World’s Best Cities for a second time this year and is joined again by some lovely perennials—Rome, New York, and Sydney. But this year, Travel + Leisure readers prove that they’re also intrepid and curious, giving high marks to far-flung cities like Beirut and Kathmandu.



1 Bangkok
2 Chiang Mai, Thailand
3 Kathmandu
4 Kyoto
5 Hong Kong
6 Hanoi
7 Udaipur, India
8 Beijing
9 Jaipur, India
10 Luang Prabang, Laos


To learn about the methodologies adopted for ranking click here

These were the categories and characteristics:

* For hotels: rooms/facilities, location, service, restaurants/food, value. Optional: for business, for families.

* For destination spas: accommodations/ambience, treatments, service, food, value.

* For hotel spas: ambience, treatments, service, value.

* For cities: sights, culture/arts, restaurants/food, people, shopping, value.

* For islands: natural attractions, activities/sights, restaurants/food, people, value.

* For cruise lines: cabins, food, service, itineraries/destinations, activities, value.

* For tour operators and safari outfitters: staff/guides, itineraries/destinations, activities, accommodations, food, value.

* For airlines: cabin comfort, food, in-flight service, customer service, value.



LooTe

Is the end of june 2007 too far away??? Why shouldn't I be happy to announce to the world that I am making plans to go home!!! the very thought of it makes me thrilled and all the more poonte or bhunte hope to see you in Nepal one fine day!!

BRAVO dimple!
very very commendable! my best wishes for all your future endeavors :-).

captain,
what about you now? :P

LooTe

Our own Capt. is away today I guess.haven't seen him around..

ktm chi chi chi...... aisa ma third........ kasari bhayooo achamma.............

welll captain ko ho ........ huh ? sndy

hare,
Hamro uhi capt. haddock kya ta?

oh!!!!!!!!!! hadddock ko kura gareko...... alrite..........!!!!!!!!!

well I don't know you guys at aall... I am a new user..........

new to see ya all........

LOL @SNDY :) You have a rocking weeked!

Dimple - My best wishes are with you. Do you know what you might be doing after you go back? From reading some of your posts, I sensed you have an interest in politics - any plans to take a step in that direction?

Not that I need to say this, but allow me, as a virtual aquaintance and well wisher, to say don't let the doubters, well-meaning people as some of them may be, bother you. I actually commend you for following your own star and wish you the very best regardless of the whats and whens of your decision.

Loote - My bud, I dunno what I'll do and when, but if I go back, I'll drop you a note before I leave :P And if you are ever around there, gimme a holler, and we can hang out - gorkhali style ! he he he

:)

Aiight, later folks.

And what actually are the qualifier for Kathmandu to be in the third best city in Asia? We don't have good airport, transportation, roads, water supply, electricity and so on... The list goes on...

Simply fooling the people. Beside the site : travel and leisure is not official site or whatsoever for promotion. I wonder who is behind all these? :D

but u know wat Kathmandu is in the list of top 50 natural wonders of the world ..ill post the site as soon as i can ..

actually i was going through this site
http://planetinternet.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/top-10-cities-asia/
and i found that kathmandu was not even in the top ten last year, that made me think how could Kathmandu make a huge leap to no 3 ..
well no prizes for guessing though ...
it has to be due to King Gyanendra giving way or more siginificantly Maoists ceasefire to join the political mainstream

Here's the site
http://www.hillmanwonders.com/

Just having fun... sorry guys... :p

Oh my god.....................this could be the Shockingly Breaking News........that is so not right.............it's just another false attempt to promote tourism i guess. I can't even imagine Kathmandu on top 20 list..........no. 3...........NO WAY.

nice and naughty..

it is old post... and i am surprised that u r surprised so late.. whtever that may mean.. :d

CRAP!

KTM third class city???????

Kathmandu third...khushi lagyo ..akhir j jasto bhaye pani hamro raajdhani ho ni ta hoina ra.....

dimple nepal jandai cha re soon......end of june 07 is not dat far dimple...dats wat i say to myself...am going back to nepal by da end of june as well....well den see you in da tribhuwan international airport....will be ready to help you with ur luggage

love ghundruk ko jhol

wowwwwwwwwwwwwww KTM my home town

UPTOWN GAL: WHERE YOU BEEN? I AM TRYING TO CONTACT YA. DON'T YOU WANNA SIT IN MY CAR'S HOT SEAT?

HIT ME BACK
SIRUS

chill out sirus broda.....she loves ghundruk ko jhol with dhedo...not a car's hot seat hahahahaa...

love ghundruk ko jhol