It also shot up a recent ranking list of the best cities in America. The survey also took into account social-media metrics — Facebook check-ins, Google search results, TripAdvisor reviews and Instagram posts — to identify how a city tells its story. The survey defines a big city as one having more than one million people. The four best cities in America — New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco — coincidentally also have the best culture and infrastructure for entertainment, a key tourism driver. Small gemsIn the best small city category — defined as having a population from 200,000 to one million — Honolulu once again took the top ranking.

Source: The Edge Markets June 11, 2019 02:48 UTC