SINGAPORE: A study conducted by Forbes Advisor of 60 cities across the globe showed that Singapore ranked first as the safest city for tourists, with the city-state having the highest safety rating, lowest natural disaster risk, and second lowest health security risk.
Forbes Advisor is a global platform aimed at helping consumers make the best financial choices. Its study took into account the following key metrics: health security, crime risk, infrastructure security, digital security, personal security, travel safety, and natural disaster risk.
Tokyo, Japan, ranked second, and Toronto, Canada, third. Rounding out the top five are Sydney, Australia, and Zurich, Switzerland.
At the other end of the scale are the least safe cities: Caracas, Venezuela; Karachi, Pakistan; Yangon, Myanmar; Lagos, Nigeria; and Manila, Philippines, ranked first to fifth, respectively.
The Forbes Advisor study gave Singapore a perfect 0 out of 100 overall score across all the risk metrics, while runner-up Tokyo received a 10.72 and Toronto a 13.6.
Forbes Advisor says that the Little Red Dot got the best travel safety rating from the State Department (level 1, exercise normal precautions), the lowest natural disaster risk, the second lowest health security risk, reflecting the level and quality of healthcare services and infrastructure, the second lowest infrastructure security risk, reflecting the availability and quality of city infrastructure, and the second lowest digital security risk, “reflecting the ability of citizens to freely use the internet without fear of privacy violations, identity theft and online attacks.”
Tokyo, meanwhile, ranked first for the lowest health security risk, “reflecting the level and quality of healthcare services and infrastructure,” and Toronto has the fourth lowest infrastructure security risk, reflecting the availability and quality of city infrastructure.
In comparison, Caracas scored 100 out of 100 and has the highest health security risk, reflecting the low level and quality of healthcare services and infrastructure, the highest crime risk, and the worst travel safety rating from the State Department (level 4, do not travel).
Karachi’s scored 93.12 out of 100, and Yangon’s was 91.67.
The Global Peace Index (GPI) ranked Singapore the safest and most peaceful country across Asia in 2022 and ninth overall. This year, however, Singapore has climbed up four places and is now in fifth place due to low levels of violent crime and demonstrations, internal conflicts, political instability and terrorost activity. /TISG
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