Research - The 10 best food cities [Food Inspiration magazine international edition 39]

AVERAGE
RESTAURANT MEAL**
$27 (#2)

HOTELS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
3,7 (#4)

TOURISM IMPACT*
0,70 (#5)

50 BEST RESTAURANTS
3 (#4)

MICHELIN
STARS (2018)
93 (#5)

TOURISM IMPACT *
0,36 (#3)

AVERAGE
RESTAURANT MEAL**
$33 (#3)

HOTELS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
3,7 (#3)

RESTAURANTS
PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
20,5 (#3)

TOURISM IMPACT *
0,22 (#1)

AVERAGE
RESTAURANT MEAL**
$26 (#1)

50 BEST RESTAURANTS
3 (#5)

TOURISM IMPACT *
0,41 (#4)

AVERAGE RESTAURANT MEAL**
$36 (#5)

MICHELIN STARS
(2018)
141 (#4)

MOST FOOD EXPERIENCES ON AIRBNB
108 (#3)

HOTELS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
8,2 (#2)

RESTAURANTS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
18,6 (#5)

50 BEST RESTAURANTS
4 (#2)

MOST FOOD EXPERIENCES ON AIRBNB
146 (#2)

HOTELS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
3,6 (#5)

50 BEST RESTAURANTS
4 (#1)

MICHELIN STARS
(2018)
141 (#2)

HOTELS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
15,4 (#1)

MICHELIN STARS
(2018)
134 (#3)

RESTAURANTS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
85,7 (#1)

AVERAGE RESTAURANT MEAL**
$35 (#4)

MOST FOOD EXPERIENCES ON AIRBNB
85 (#5)

TOURISM IMPACT **
0,31 (#1)

RESTAURANTS PER 10,000 RESIDENTS
25,0 (#2)

MOST FOOD EXPERIENCES ON AIRBNB
226 (#1)

50 BEST RESTAURANTS
3 (#3)

MICHELIN STARS
(2018)
314 (#1)

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*Ratio of residents (2019) to international tourists per year (2017). <1 = fewer tourists per year in relation to number of residents, >1 = more tourists per year in relation to number of residents.
**Three-course meal at mid-range restaurant for two people.

The Japanese capital has the highest number of Michelin stars and ranks joint third with Lima and New York in terms of the most restaurants on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. In terms of the price of a three-course dinner in a mid-range restaurant, Tokyo is average, but it ranks head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to the food experiences it offers. The biggest city in the world (38 million people live in Greater Tokyo) offers a high number of restaurants per 10,000 residents (ranked second on the list) but has relatively few hotels (eleventh on the list). So international tourism has a relatively minor impact.

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 Frank Lindner  Sander van der Meij

For many travellers these days, their experience of food in foreign cities is a more valuable souvenir than miniature figures of famous landmarks. Food Inspiration finds out exactly where you as a food professional simply need to go. This is our ultimate ranking of the best cities for food.

* The following cities were also researched but fell just short of the Top 10: San Francisco, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The absolute numbers of restaurants and hotels are obviously higher, but the ones on review and booking websites have been curated by the online community. Also: How much, in dollars, does a three- course dinner for two cost in a mid-range restaurant in each city (2018)? How many food & drink experiences are offered through Airbnb (2019)? Finally: you don’t want to follow the masses, you want to feel like you’re one of the locals. So we also scored the cities on numbers of tourists (2017) in relation to population (2019). Our research is based on the larger metropolitan areas of the cities. For example, Greater London, rather than just the centre of town. The cities are ranked separately for each category. The higher the ranking, the higher the score. The city with the most number of points is the best food city of 2019.

ABOUT OUR RANKING
We researched the thirteen cities around the world with the highest number of Michelin stars (2018) and/or the most restaurants on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list (2018). In addition, we looked at how many TripAdvisor recommended restaurants (2019) and Booking.com listed hotels (2019) each city has per 10,000 residents.

(ACCORDING TO OUR OWN DATA ANALYSIS)

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