This is the second post in a series of three posts about Bangsean. The first post was Bangsean: Nearby Shopping and Traveling. The third post will be titled “Bangsean: Tour of Main Street”.
The audience for this post is non-Thai students or faculty at Burapha University that need to find their way around the campus. This information may also be useful for expats visiting or living in Bangsean. This post is a visual tour of Burapha University in Bangsean. The goal is to provide an article that non-Thai can print out and use to easily navigate the campus. The Burapha University campus is pretty big and Thailand can get pretty hot so walking around aimlessly looking for a particular building can be frustrating.
Below is a map in English of Burapha University:
Burapha University Map in English
Below are pictures of where the various faculties and administrative organizations are housed. Links to specific faculties that have English information on line is also provided here. I will add more pictures over the next week or so. I provide links to general information about Burapha University at the end of this post. The number of the building on the map above is provided in parentheses.
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| Burapha University International College (41) – Pictures below |
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMZz8_zuyi0
Burapha University International College Announcement
Admission to Undergraduate studies at International College 2011
International College Burapha University offers an International program
(all courses are taught in English).
The college is now opened for application for the academics year 2011. The details are as follows
Program offered
1. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) concentration on:
1.1 Marketing
1.2 Management
1.3 Tourism and Hotel Management
1.4 Management Information Systems
1.5 Logistics Management
2. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2.1 Communication Skills for Human Resource Development
Admission requirement
1. National school system
1.1 Completion of Mathayom Suksa 6 or equivalent accredited by the Ministry of Education, or
1.2 Completion of Grade 12 from an International school accredited by the Ministry of Education.
2. Overseas school system
2.1 Completion of Grade 12 from the United State with a diploma and transcript.
2.2 Completion from the United Kingdom or a school in the British system with a diploma or transcript that passed GCE “O” Level, GGCSE or IGCSE for major subjects.
Method of Selection
Interviewed by the committees of International College
Number of acceptance
Total 120 students (30 students in each subject area)
Documents for application:
1. Transcript
2. Three recent 1” photographs
3. TOEFL or IELTS results (if any)
4. A copy of a residential certificate
5. A copy of an identification card or passport
6. Medical records
Application Procedure
1. Email Admission
1.1. Download “Application Form” from http://buuic.buu.ac.th and send it back to buuic@buu.ac.th อีเมลนี้จะถูกป้องกันจากสแปมบอท แต่คุณต้องเปิดการใช้งานจาวาสคริปก่อน
2. Walk in Admission
2.1. Apply directly at Office of the Dean, 1st floor, International College, The Professor Dr. Suchart Upatham Building, before 10 August 2011.
Application fee is 200 Baht.
2.2. Summit the application form and documents to buuic(at)buu.ac.th
3. Apply by mail
3.1. Please post your application and all documents to Office of the Dean, International College, The Professor Dr. Suchart Upatham Building, Burapha University, 169 Longhad Bangsaen, Thambon Saensuk, Amphur Muang, Chonburi, 20131 Thailand.
4. Application fee is non refundable.
Announcement for qualified candidate
Name of the candidate who is accepted to study at International College will be announced 5 days after the college has received his/her application at http://buuic.buu.ac.th
Entrance Registration
See the announcement of qualified candidate.
Academic Calendar
10 August 2011 Fall Semester begins
Tuition Fees
Total cost of four-year full time enrollment = 490,000 Baht. The fee includes books, and Intensive English course (120 hrs.), Internet use, additional English courses, library access, computer facilities, selected study visit, student activities for student development and accident insurance. Non-degree seeking students can register for courses individually at 4,000 baht/credit hour.
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| Central Library (36) – Picture above |
| Computer Center (37) – Picture belowThis is where you can get your university password. All campus universities require you to log in before you can use the computer. |
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| Confucius Institute at Burapha University (80) – Picture above |
| Faculty of Fine Arts – Picture Below |
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| Faculty of Humanities and Social Science – Picture Above |
| Faculty of Nursing – Picture Below |
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 Faculty of Political Science and Law |
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| Faculty of Public Health – Picture Above |
| Graduate School of Commerce -Picture Below |
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| Graduate Student Housing – Picture Below |
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| Aquarium (2) – Picture Below |
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| Main Entrance – Picture Below |
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| QS1(42) – Picture Below This building is between the Main Library and the Burapaha International College and has a large cafeteria and ATM machines for three different banks in the front. |
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| President’s Office (15) – Picture Below |
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| Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (6) – Picture Below |
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50th Anniversary Burapha University Building (25) below
The front of the 50th Anniversary Burapha University Building is the site for the outdoor graduation pictures and the university Christmas party.
Online Resources About Burapha University
Burapha University Official Website
http://www.buu.ac.th/index2.php
Burapaha University on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burapha_University
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Posted in Expat, Travel
Tagged Bangsaen, Bangsean, Burapha International College, Burapha University, Burapha University Map, Computer Center, Confucius Institute, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Faculty of Logistics, Faculty of Management and Tourism, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Political Science and Law, Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Science, Graduate School, Graduate School of Commerce, Graduate Student Housing, Health Care Center, Institute of Arts and Culture, Institute of Marine Science, Institute of Social and Environmental Science, Maritime College, Piboonbumphen Demonstration School, Thailand
Eveready is selling a waterproof flashlight that is only five bucks and uses two AA batteries. I added this flashlight to my standard travel bag around town in Thailand for several reasons. A flashlight is always handy but a waterproof flashlight is especially well adapted to a tropical country with a great deal of rainfall and the giant water fight called Songkran that happens once a year in Thailand! The flashlight uses AA batteries not D batteries like most flashlights. This means the flashlight can act as a waterproof container for AA batteries which my digital camera also uses!
Since I started carrying my flashlight, I have discovered that if you shine the light of a flashlight into the eyes of a barking wild dog at night then the dog generally goes away! I had read that lights scare away wild animals in general and coyotes specifically and wondered if the same technique would work on wild dogs and I have tested the technique on about a dozen dogs so far with great success. I have also found that the way you can make sure you are getting the dog straight in the eyes is to get their eyes to glow in the dark with your flashlight. This action works from at least 50 feet and beyond! This means I can start to shoo the dog away from quite a distance.
The whole problem of being barked at by wild dogs is bigger for Westeners than Thais since the dogs do tend to bark more at Westerners than Thais. I think we just have a different smell than Thais due to diet and the dogs aren’t sure what we are. However, Thais are not totally immune from the actions of wild dogs and Thais do get bit now and then. The big problem is not the bite, which is usually minor, but the rabies shots that you should take and are not fun at all according to Westerners I have known who have been bitten.
The only drawback of the AA flashlight is that the flashlight is very light, much lighter than your typical D battery flashlight, and therefore useless as a club against the insane wild dog I am sure to eventually run into that ignores the light in their eyes but that is why I always carry an umbrella.
Thais are good Buddhists and never actually kill wild dogs no matter how insane they might be but the security guards will get a nice long bamboo stick and chase away especially insane wild dogs from the piece of real estate that they are charged with guarding. This is sometimes done while the security guard is on a scooter and the technique seems to work since a dog once shooed away in this manner stays away! This means that most insane wild dogs in Thailand do know what sort of damage a human can do with a stick and just raising your umbrella over your head scares them! I do not think dogs are smart enough to figure out that an umbrella is nowhere near as heavy and durable as a long length of bamboo so for this reason the bluff seems to generally work. A long but relatively weak umbrella probably does a better job of scaring a dog than a shorter but more deadly D battery flashlight.
I am interested in scaring the dogs away rather than engaging in actual gladiatorial combat so the umbrella technique works just fine for me. All in all wild Thai dogs are more bark than bite but better safe than sorry. If you do see a wild dog that is acting aggresively do not run! Dogs like most predators have a chase reflex and running makes them more aggresive not less aggresive. Also, they have four legs to your two and the chances of out running a dog are slim. I have found standing your ground generally works. Do not charge the dog but do not run away from the dog. Use the flashlight and/or umbrella to scare them away. Even a wild dog is a product of tens of thousands of years of domestication and you can use simple psychology on them. Dogs are not coyotes and I think it’s just a lot easier to scare them away than truly wild animals.
There is actually very little on the internet about defense against wild dogs and I am starting to feel like a bit of an expert due to my almost daily experience dealing with this problem. Some sites suggest using a stun baton or better yet firearms! Oh yeah! Lets shoot the dog! Come on! I like dogs and don’t want to shoot them. I just want to scare them away! Dogs aren’t evil. The dogs are just doing what comes naturally to them and as an intelligent, hopefully, human I should try to out smart the dogs rather than hurt the dogs.
Heck, I try to be a good Buddhist and, like many Thais, will endevour to catch an insect in my apartment and release the insect outdoors and I like dogs about a 100 times more than bugs! Oh, this catch and release system does not apply to mosquitoes and ants! Any mosquitoes and ants found in my living space are doomed. Interestingly enough I will go out of my way to catch and release spiders since I find spiders beautiful in their own way. Gekkos get a free pass all the way! Gekkos can have the run of the apartment no problem! I have absolutely no fear of snakes and would only worry about getting a poisonous bite but otherwise would try to catch and release a snake if one decided to visit me.
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Today commemorates two separate events that occurred on the same date 45 years apart, during the Buddha’s lifetime 2,500 years ago. The first event was the coming together of 1,250 monks from all locations and directions, to meet and be ordained by the Buddha. This event occurred seven months after the Buddha began his teaching. The second event, which occurred 45 years later, was the Buddha delivering his teachings shortly before his death. Both of these events occurred on the day of the full moon of the third lunar month, a month known in the Buddhist Pali language as ‘Makha’. The ‘Bucha’, also a Pali word, means to venerate or to honor. Thus, Makha Bucha Day is for the veneration of Buddha and his teachings on the full moon day of the third lunar month.
Makha Bucha Day represents a great deal in terms of the development of Buddhism in Thailand. It is a highly ceremonial event and in Thailand it’s an event that was only recently revived as part of Thai Buddhist tradition. The Supreme Patriarch of the Marble Temple in Bangkok, Kittsobhana Mahathera, did this in 1957. Before 1957, the full moon day of the third lunar month was celebrated as a Buddhist Holy Day. Because of local ceremonies that occupied this day in different parts of the country, the Makha Bucha ceremonies today take on the different flavors of the various locales.
At this time in the evolution of Buddhism and Buddhist principles in Thailand, it is important to understand how the majority of Thai people view Buddha and the Buddhist philosophy.
From:
http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/makhabucha.htm
In honor of this day I went ahead and did some artwork. Each of the Buddhas represents one of the Four Noble Truths:
Life means suffering
The origin of suffering is attachment.
The cessation of suffering is attainable.
The Noble Eightfold Path to the cessation of suffering.
More of my artwork can be found at:
http://atomic-temporary-3328128.wpcomstaging.com/artwork/
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Queen Sirikit
Today is a very special day, Mother’s Day in Thailand and also the birthday of Queen Sirikit. Queen Sirikit is widely beloved in Thailand and respected and admired throughout the world.
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s has supported over 350 projects and to enumerate all of them today would be impossible. Some of her Majesty’s most prominent projects are in the areas of the environment, handicrafts and public health.
Among her many environmental projects, the Queen has given patronage and her time to organizations such as the Association for the Conservation of Wildlife (ACW) and the Wildlife Fund of Thailand (WFT). But I think her most important insight was that she realized that deforestation threatened the livelihoods of needy people.
I would like to share some of her Majesty’s words on the subject of deforestation. On the eve of her 76th birthday she addressed the country from Dusit Palace. Her Majesty addressed the pressing issue of dwindling forests. The Queen said that forests help to store the ground water that gives life to watercourses, big and small.
“A forest is a water source,” Her Majesty said. “Think about fresh water – we can’t do without it. Our industries, our lives, need water,” the Queen said.
She noted that many experts predict the world will suffer a serious shortage of water within the next 15 years. As well as encouraging renewed forest protection, Her Majesty pleads for reforestation efforts.
Her environmental concerns extended to the Chao Phya River and mangroves, too. “The Chao Phya River used to be abundant,” Her Majesty recalls.
She hopes to see the river clean enough again to be a vibrant habitat for water life. Factories and farms must cease discharging effluent into the Chao Phya.
“Mangrove forests are important. Don’t destroy them,” she added.
The Queen has supported the traditional handicrafts of Thailand in many ways. The Queen has personally provided seed money for many for support groups and cooperatives that have promoted traditional handicrafts. Her projects in this area have improved the lives of rural females in Thailand tremendously.
The Queen has been active in the area of public health. The Queen is the President of the Thai Red Cross. She has held this a post since 1956. Her role in this area gained new prominence when she was active in coordinating disaster relief after the tsunami disaster in Southern Thailand.
Perhaps the Queens greatest contribution has been in the area of diplomacy. The Queen has worked tirelessly to promote tolerance and understanding for the Muslim minorities in Southern Thailand. Her quiet diplomacy in this area demonstrates a far reaching understanding of soft power long before soft power became a major theme in global circles.
In conclusion, the Queen has shown herself to be an invaluable resource for the people of Thailand, a person of foresight, and a true mother of all the people of Thailand.
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I have some answers. First of all American comic books are defined as comic books from the United States of America. This means not anime, manga or whatever! If you can’t find Japanese comic books in Asia then you have more serious problems than where to find American comic books. Asia on the whole prefers Japanese comic books to American comic books by a factor of ten at least. British stuff, especially 2000 AD stuff is found in the same places as American comic books which is why I initially titled this post where you can find Western comic books but I mean Western as in culture not as in cowboys and the latter meaning was misleading.
First of all there is a Japanese chain called Kinokuniya that is all over Asia. The chain sucks when it comes to Western comic books in Japan but is pretty good about having Western comic books in their stores outside of Japan.
Below is a list of Kinokuniya stores in Asia:
Singapore
Ngee Ann City, Orchard
Bugis Junction, Bugis
Liang Court, Chinatown
Indonesia
Sogo Plaza Senayan, Jakarta
Debenhams Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta
Sogo Pondok Indah Mall, Jakarta
Seibu Grand Indonesia, Jakarta
Malaysia
Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
Thailand
CentralWorld, Bangkok
Siam Paragon, Bangkok – The best source of Western comic books outside of the Philippines!
Emporium, Bangkok
Australia
I mention the store but of course Australia is basically a Western country that happens to be in Asia and Western comic books are everywhere.
Sydney The Galeries Victoria, New South Wales
Taiwan
Dayeh Takashimaya, Taipei
Breeze Center, Taipei
Kuang San Sogo, Taichung
Talee Isetan, Kaoshiung
United Arab Emirates
Dubai, Dubai Mall
Page One is a Singaporean chain of bookstores that is also all over Asia and also has a pretty good selection of Western comic books.
Page One locations are listed below:
Singapore
Vivocity
Malaysia
Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
Hong Kong
Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong (with cafe)
Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
Times Square, Causeway Bay (formerly known as Page One Twins)
Taiwan
SOGO Fuxing, Taipei
Taipei 101, Taipei
The best country in Asia for Western comic books, besides Australia, is the Philippines. All the major chains have a section devoted to Western comic books and there are out and out dedicated comic book stores in most of the big malls in Manila.
My other website at:
Fox Superpower List
More comic book articles on this blog at:
https://foxhugh.wordpress.com/?s=comic
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The following study is an attempt to objectively explore the truism:
“Nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there”
The operational version of this truism would be that tourist cities and livable cities are different cities. The truism has been named the Visit/Live Theory for the purposes of this study. Two lists that rank cities were compared. The first list ranks cities according the number of tourists that arrived in a city.
The list and a description of the list can be found at:
http://www.euromonitor.com/Top_150_City_Destinations_London_Leads_the_Way
The second list ranks cities according to livability. Mercer Human Resources looked at 39 quality of life issues including political stability, currency-exchange regulations, political and media censorship, school quality, housing and the environment.
The Mercer list and a description of the list can be found at:
http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/livable_cities_worldwide/
Table 1 shows all the cities on both lists in alphabetical order. In addition, the difference in rank was calculated for each city when this was possible. If a city was on only one top 100 list then the difference in rank could not be calculated. The tourist destination study looked at 150 cities, but for the purposes of comparison, only the top 100 tourist destinations were used in this study. Many cities were only on one list and not on the other list. The number of cities on both lists was counted. The number of cities only on one list was also counted. If the number of cities on both lists was greater than the number of cities not on both lists then this would suggest the truism is not true.
| Top 100 Cities: Tourist Destination vs. Livability Rank
Table 1: Alphabetical List of All Cities |
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Cities |
Country |
Tourist Rank |
Livability Rank |
Rank Difference |
| 1 |
Abu Dhabi |
UAE |
52 |
88 |
36 |
| 2 |
Adelaide |
Australia |
NR |
30 |
N/A |
| 3 |
Agra |
India |
99 |
NR |
N/A |
| 4 |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
18 |
13 |
5 |
| 5 |
Antwerp |
Netherlands |
90 |
NR |
99 |
| 6 |
Athens |
Greece |
NR |
78 |
N/A |
| 7 |
Atlanta |
USA |
NR |
66 |
N/A |
| 8 |
Auckland |
New Zealand |
NR |
5 |
N/A |
| 9 |
Bahrain |
Bahrain |
12 |
NR |
18 |
| 10 |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
2 |
NR |
90 |
| 11 |
Barcelona |
Spain |
10 |
41 |
12 |
| 12 |
Beijing |
China |
22 |
NR |
N/A |
| 13 |
Benidorm |
Spain |
33 |
NR |
N/A |
| 14 |
Berlin |
Germany |
34 |
16 |
18 |
| 15 |
Bern |
Germany |
NR |
9 |
N/A |
| 16 |
Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
81 |
55 |
26 |
| 17 |
Boston |
USA |
68 |
36 |
32 |
| 18 |
Bratislava |
Slovakia |
NR |
99 |
N/A |
| 19 |
Brisbane |
Australia |
NR |
32 |
N/A |
| 20 |
Bruges |
Belgium |
89 |
NR |
N/A |
| 21 |
Brussels |
Belgium |
NR |
14 |
N/A |
| 22 |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
NR |
79 |
N/A |
| 23 |
Budapest |
Hungary |
36 |
74 |
38 |
| 24 |
Cairo |
Egypt |
45 |
NR |
N/A |
| 25 |
Calgary |
Canada |
NR |
24 |
N/A |
| 26 |
Cancun |
Mexico |
26 |
NR |
N/A |
| 27 |
Cape Town |
South Africa |
57 |
85 |
28 |
| 28 |
Chennai |
India |
97 |
NR |
N/A |
| 29 |
Chicago |
USA |
64 |
44 |
20 |
| 30 |
Chongquing |
China |
100 |
NR |
N/A |
| 31 |
Cleveland |
USA |
NR |
59 |
N/A |
| 32 |
Copenhagen |
Sweden |
54 |
11 |
43 |
| 33 |
Dalian |
China |
87 |
NR |
N/A |
| 34 |
Detroit |
USA |
NR |
64 |
N/A |
| 35 |
Dubai |
UAE |
7 |
80 |
73 |
| 36 |
Dublin |
Ireland |
11 |
27 |
16 |
| 37 |
Dusseldorf |
Germany |
NR |
5 |
N/A |
| 38 |
Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
56 |
NR |
N/A |
| 39 |
Florence |
Italy |
46 |
NR |
N/A |
| 40 |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
NR |
7 |
N/A |
| 41 |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
98 |
2 |
96 |
| 42 |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
82 |
55 |
27 |
| 43 |
Granada |
Spain |
95 |
NR |
N/A |
| 44 |
Guangzhou |
China |
32 |
NR |
N/A |
| 45 |
Guilin |
China |
65 |
NR |
N/A |
| 46 |
Hamburg |
Germany |
83 |
24 |
59 |
| 47 |
Hangzhou |
China |
49 |
NR |
N/A |
| 48 |
Helsinki |
Finland |
77 |
30 |
47 |
| 49 |
Hong Kong |
China |
5 |
70 |
65 |
| 50 |
Honolulu |
USA |
NR |
27 |
N/A |
| 51 |
Houston |
USA |
NR |
68 |
N/A |
| 52 |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
16 |
NR |
N/A |
| 53 |
Johannesburg |
South Africa |
NR |
90 |
N/A |
| 54 |
Katsuyama |
Japan |
NR |
73 |
N/A |
| 55 |
Kobe |
Japan |
NR |
40 |
N/A |
| 56 |
Krakow |
Poland |
69 |
NR |
N/A |
| 57 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
15 |
75 |
60 |
| 58 |
Kunming |
China |
94 |
NR |
N/A |
| 59 |
La Havana |
Cuba |
70 |
NR |
N/A |
| 60 |
Las Vegas |
USA |
48 |
NR |
N/A |
| 61 |
Leipzig |
Germany |
NR |
67 |
N/A |
| 62 |
Lexington |
USA |
NR |
51 |
N/A |
| 63 |
Limassol |
Cyprus |
NR |
NR |
N/A |
| 64 |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
47 |
47 |
0 |
| 65 |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
91 |
NR |
N/A |
| 66 |
Ljubljana |
Slovenia |
NR |
80 |
N/A |
| 67 |
London |
United Kingdom |
1 |
39 |
38 |
| 68 |
Los Angeles |
USA |
31 |
55 |
24 |
| 69 |
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
NR |
18 |
N/A |
| 70 |
Lyon |
France |
84 |
36 |
48 |
| 71 |
Macau |
China |
27 |
NR |
N/A |
| 72 |
Madrid |
Spain |
17 |
42 |
25 |
| 73 |
Manchester |
United Kingdom |
73 |
NR |
N/A |
| 74 |
Marrakesh |
Morocco |
50 |
NR |
N/A |
| 75 |
Mecca |
Saudi Arabia |
19 |
NR |
N/A |
| 76 |
Melbourne |
Australia |
72 |
17 |
55 |
| 77 |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
30 |
NR |
N/A |
| 78 |
Miami |
USA |
39 |
62 |
23 |
| 79 |
Milan |
Italy |
42 |
49 |
7 |
| 80 |
Minneapolis |
USA |
NR |
60 |
N/A |
| 81 |
Monterrey |
Mexico |
NR |
94 |
N/A |
| 82 |
Montevideo |
Uruguay |
NR |
76 |
N/A |
| 83 |
Montreal |
Canada |
85 |
22 |
63 |
| 84 |
Moscow |
Russia |
21 |
NR |
N/A |
| 85 |
Mumbai |
India |
86 |
NR |
N/A |
| 86 |
Munich |
Germany |
40 |
8 |
32 |
| 87 |
Nagoya |
Japan |
NR |
54 |
N/A |
| 88 |
Nanjing |
China |
76 |
NR |
N/A |
| 89 |
New Delhi |
India |
92 |
NR |
N/A |
| 90 |
New York City |
USA |
6 |
48 |
42 |
| 91 |
Nice |
France |
61 |
NR |
N/A |
| 92 |
Nurnberg |
Germany |
NR |
23 |
N/A |
| 93 |
Oahu/Honolulu |
USA |
44 |
27 |
17 |
| 94 |
Omuta |
Japan |
NR |
69 |
N/A |
| 95 |
Orlando |
USA |
38 |
NR |
N/A |
| 96 |
Osaka |
Japan |
NR |
42 |
N/A |
| 97 |
Oslo |
Norway |
NR |
26 |
N/A |
| 98 |
Ottawa |
Canada |
NR |
18 |
N/A |
| 99 |
Panama City |
Panama |
NR |
92 |
N/A |
| 100 |
Papeete |
French Polynesia |
NR |
97 |
N/A |
| 101 |
Paris |
France |
3 |
33 |
30 |
| 102 |
Perth |
Australia |
NR |
21 |
N/A |
| 103 |
Pittsburg |
USA |
NR |
52 |
N/A |
| 104 |
Portland |
USA |
NR |
46 |
N/A |
| 105 |
Port Elizabeth |
South Africa |
NR |
97 |
N/A |
| 106 |
Port Louis |
Mauritius |
NR |
77 |
N/A |
| 107 |
Prague |
Czech Republic |
20 |
72 |
52 |
| 108 |
Qingdao |
China |
79 |
NR |
N/A |
| 109 |
Riga |
Latvia |
NR |
92 |
N/A |
| 110 |
Rio De Janeiro |
Brazil |
35 |
NR |
N/A |
| 111 |
Rome |
Italy |
8 |
61 |
53 |
| 113 |
St. Louis |
USA |
NR |
64 |
N/A |
| 114 |
San Juan |
Puerto Rico |
NR |
71 |
N/A |
| 115 |
Salvador de Bahia |
Brazil |
71 |
NR |
N/A |
| 116 |
Salzburg |
Austria |
74 |
NR |
N/A |
| 117 |
San Diego |
USA |
88 |
NR |
N/A |
| 118 |
San Francisco |
USA |
37 |
29 |
8 |
| 119 |
Santiago |
Chile |
NR |
83 |
N/A |
| 120 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
62 |
NR |
N/A |
| 121 |
Seattle |
USA |
NR |
49 |
N/A |
| 122 |
Seoul |
South Korea |
9 |
87 |
78 |
| 123 |
Seville |
Spain |
60 |
NR |
N/A |
| 124 |
Shanghai |
China |
13 |
100 |
87 |
| 125 |
Shenzen |
China |
41 |
NR |
N/A |
| 126 |
Singapore |
Singapore |
4 |
34 |
N/A |
| 127 |
St. Petersburg |
Russia |
25 |
NR |
N/A |
| 128 |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
66 |
20 |
46 |
| 129 |
Suzhou |
China |
59 |
NR |
N/A |
| 130 |
Sydney |
Australia |
43 |
9 |
34 |
| 131 |
Taipei |
China |
24 |
81 |
57 |
| 132 |
Tallinn |
Estonia |
67 |
89 |
22 |
| 133 |
Tianjin |
China |
75 |
NR |
N/A |
| 134 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
51 |
35 |
16 |
| 135 |
Toronto |
Canada |
14 |
15 |
1 |
| 136 |
Tsukuba |
Japan |
NR |
55 |
N/A |
| 137 |
Tunis |
Italy |
NR |
95 |
N/A |
| 138 |
Valencia |
Spain |
93 |
NR |
N/A |
| 139 |
Vancouver |
Canada |
NR |
3 |
N/A |
| 140 |
Varadero |
Cuba |
53 |
NR |
N/A |
| 141 |
Venice |
Italy |
28 |
NR |
N/A |
| 142 |
Victoria |
Seychelles |
NR |
95 |
N/A |
| 143 |
Vienna |
Austria |
23 |
3 |
20 |
| 144 |
Vilnius |
Lithuania |
NR |
82 |
N/A |
| 145 |
Warsaw |
Poland |
29 |
85 |
56 |
| 146 |
Washington DC |
USA |
63 |
44 |
19 |
| 147 |
Wellington |
New Zealand |
NR |
12 |
N/A |
| 148 |
Winston Salem |
USA |
NR |
52 |
N/A |
| 149 |
Wuxi |
China |
96 |
NR |
N/A |
| 150 |
Xi’an |
China |
78 |
NR |
N/A |
| 151 |
Xiamen |
China |
80 |
NR |
N/A |
| 152 |
Yokkaichi |
Japan |
NR |
63 |
N/A |
| 153 |
Yokohama |
Japan |
NR |
38 |
N/A |
| 154 |
Zhuhai |
China |
58 |
NR |
N/A |
| 155 |
Zurich |
Switzerland |
55 |
1 |
54 |
NR, no rank, no top 100 rank in this category
N/A, not applicable since the city was on only one of the lists
Table 2 below shows cities that were on both lists ordered from the least difference between ranks to the greatest difference between ranks.
| Top 100 Cities: Tourist Destination vs. Livability Rank
Table 2: Comparison of Ranks |
|
Cities |
Country |
Tourist Rank |
Livability Rank |
Rank Difference |
| 1 |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
47 |
47 |
0 |
| 2 |
Toronto |
Canada |
14 |
15 |
1 |
| 3 |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
18 |
13 |
5 |
| 4 |
Milan |
Italy |
42 |
49 |
7 |
| 5 |
San Francisco |
USA |
37 |
29 |
8 |
| 6 |
Dublin |
Ireland |
11 |
27 |
16 |
| 7 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
51 |
35 |
16 |
| 8 |
Oahu/Honolulu |
USA |
44 |
27 |
17 |
| 9 |
Berlin |
Germany |
34 |
16 |
18 |
| 10 |
Washington DC |
USA |
63 |
44 |
19 |
| 11 |
Chicago |
USA |
64 |
44 |
20 |
| 12 |
Vienna |
Austria |
23 |
3 |
20 |
| 13 |
Tallinn |
Estonia |
67 |
89 |
22 |
| 14 |
Miami |
USA |
39 |
62 |
23 |
| 15 |
Los Angeles |
USA |
31 |
55 |
24 |
| 16 |
Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
81 |
55 |
26 |
| 17 |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
82 |
55 |
27 |
| 18 |
Cape Town |
South Africa |
57 |
85 |
28 |
| 19 |
Paris |
France |
3 |
33 |
30 |
| 20 |
Boston |
USA |
68 |
36 |
32 |
| 21 |
Munich |
Germany |
40 |
8 |
32 |
| 22 |
Sydney |
Australia |
43 |
9 |
34 |
| 23 |
Abu Dhabi |
UAE |
52 |
88 |
36 |
| 24 |
Budapest |
Hungary |
36 |
74 |
38 |
| 25 |
London |
United Kingdom |
1 |
39 |
38 |
| 26 |
New York City |
USA |
6 |
48 |
42 |
| 27 |
Copenhagen |
Sweden |
54 |
11 |
43 |
| 28 |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
66 |
20 |
46 |
| 29 |
Helsinki |
Finland |
77 |
30 |
47 |
| 30 |
Lyon |
France |
84 |
36 |
48 |
| 31 |
Prague |
Czech Republic |
20 |
72 |
52 |
| 32 |
Rome |
Italy |
8 |
61 |
53 |
| 33 |
Melbourne |
Australia |
72 |
17 |
55 |
| 34 |
Warsaw |
Poland |
29 |
85 |
56 |
| 35 |
Taipei |
China |
24 |
81 |
57 |
| 36 |
Hamburg |
Germany |
83 |
24 |
59 |
| 37 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
15 |
75 |
60 |
| 38 |
Montreal |
Canada |
85 |
22 |
63 |
| 39 |
Hong Kong |
China |
5 |
70 |
65 |
| 40 |
Dubai |
UAE |
7 |
80 |
73 |
| 41 |
Seoul |
South Korea |
9 |
87 |
78 |
| 42 |
Shanghai |
China |
13 |
100 |
87 |
| 43 |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
98 |
2 |
96 |
Conclusion
There were a total of 155 cities on either list. 112 cities were only on one list. Only 43 cities were on both lists. Cities that are only on one list outnumber cities on both lists 2.6:1. Even for cities on both lists, the mean difference between ranks was 37.6 and quite high. These findings suggest that cities that are visited are not the same cities that are more livable. The truism that some cities are nice places to visit and different cities are nice places to live in is correct. Table 2 showed which cities had the least difference between ranks and the greatest difference between ranks.
The city with the least difference in rank was Lisbon. Lisbon had a rank of 47 on both lists. Toronto had the second least difference in rank and has the honor of having a relatively high visitor rank (14) and livability rank (15). Amsterdam showed a similar pattern to Toronto with a visitor rank of 18 and a livability rank of 13.
Geneva had the greatest difference in rank. Geneva is a great place to live (2) but doesn’t get very many tourists (98) relative to other cities. Shanghai had the second greatest difference in rank but in the opposite direction as Geneva. Shanghai is a city that many tourists visit (13) but only ranks 100 in terms of livability. A practical implication for expats is to be wary of deciding to live in cities you like to visit without taking the Visit/Live Theory into account.
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