Kyiv has been declared the “World’s Best City of Honor 2023” in the latest ranking published by the Resonance agency.
Resonance is a tourism, real estate and economic development consulting agency with offices in the US, Canada and Singapore
“Ukraine’s historic capital is an urban beacon of courage and resilience leading a defiant nation against a murderous aggressor. It is, like the rest of Ukraine, a place of inexhaustible courage in the face of daily tragedy,” the agency said.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, welcomed the decision.
“Experts … noted the significant development of the city’s infrastructure over the past 10 years – the creation of new parks and squares and the improvement of old ones, the regulation of parking, the updating of municipal transport vehicles. Kyiv today is the heart of Europe. Which continues to fight – for life, for development, for the beauty of the city and the comfort of its inhabitants”, he said.
The ranking, titled “The World’s Top 100 Best Cities to Live, Work, Invest and Travel in 2023”, also saw London take the top spot, with Paris, New York, Tokyo and Dubai rounding out the top five.