Jakarta became one of the most expensive tourist destinations in the world. TripAdvisor recently, world-renowned travel site announced TripIndex 2012.
In an announcement released on Wednesday (6/13/2012), conducted a cost comparison enjoying a night for two people in 48 cities in the world tour. "TripIndex help travelers find places that will give more with the money they have," said Jean-Ow Yeong, TripAdvisor spokesman, as contained in a press release received Kompas.com, Thursday (06/14/2012).
TripIndex of TripAdvisor is calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on the total cost of staying one night in a four star hotel, cocktails, dinner, appetizers and main form with a bottle of wine and the cost of round-trip transportation by taxi (two trips each to the distance of about 3.2 km). The cost of the list accurate for the period June 1 to August 31, 2012.
"Interestingly, when people come to cities in Europe such as Budapest and Warsaw were the cities as cheap as some cities in Asia, while Singapore and Sydney just like London, Paris and New York as the city's most expensive, "explains Jean-Ow Yeong.
Hanoi in Vietnam offers the most affordable cost to spend the night with a total cost of TripIndex of 141.12 U.S. dollars, or USD 1.323 million. At a cost of more than three times higher than Hanoi, London tops the list as most expensive city at a cost of 518.01 dollars TripIndex or Rp 4,856,344.
Hotel costs are the most important factor in determining the most affordable cities and most expensive in the list TripIndex. Cities with the average cost is the most affordable hotel in Bangkok 81.13 U.S. dollars, or USD 760 594 per night. While the hotel, Jakarta is the most expensive city in the eighth position with a cost of 124.24 USD 1.16475 million U.S. dollars per night.
Southeast Asia as a region also claimed to have the most cities in the list of ten most expensive cities, including Hanoi's top ranks, while Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta respectively in third, fifth and eighth.
Europe dominates the list of most expensive cities in seven cities including London in the first position, while Oslo, Zurich, Paris, Stockholm, Moscow and Copenhagen respectively in second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth.
Prices are initially recorded in local currency between March and May 2012 and converted into U.S. dollars at the date of May 29, 2012. TripIndex international destinations list consists of the major cities of 48 countries from 50 countries received the most international visitors (data obtained from UNWTO). The complete list can be found at http://cdn.tripadvisor.com/pdfs/TripIndex_Summer_2012_US.pdf TripIndex
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