Costa Rica Tops World as the Greenest, Happiest Country — Happy Planet Index
Green, happy and peaceful Costa Rica, photo by Alé
Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a list by Happy Planet Index that ranks nations by combining measures of their ecological footprint with the happiness of their citizens.
The HPI is developed by the New Economics Foundation and it shows the average years of happy life produced by a given society, nation or group of nations, per unit of planetary resources consumed. In other words, it represents the efficiency with which countries convert the earth’s finite resources into well-being experienced by their citizens.
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Udaipur, India Voted World’s Best City for Travel in 2009
City Palace in the Indian city of Udaipur, also known as the "Venice of the East", photo by Tom Thai
Udaipur, India, also known as the “Venice of the East,” was voted the world’s best city for travelers in 2009 in an online poll by Travel + Leisure magazine. Rounding up the top 10 cities are Cape Town, previous year favorite Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Chiang Mai, Florence, Luang Prabang, New York, Rome and San Francisco. Bali, Indonesia edged out 2008 favourite Galapagos to take best island destination.
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