Public transport in Singapore ranks ahead of Hong Kong and European cities such as Paris and Amsterdam while taxi service in Singapore ranks the second best, according to a TripAdvisor survey.
Survey results were based on more than 75,000 responses and looks at how international and local travellers view forty key tourist cities around the world.
Singapore ranks second place for 'Best Taxi Services', with Tokyo coming out tops.
Indeed, Taxi drivers in Singapore are mostly very kind hearted and friendly people. Recently a Singaporean cab driver Mr Sia Ka Tian, 70, returned $1,100,000 worth of cash to a Thailand tourist. Just 2 days ago, it was reported that another Singaporean cabby Mr Suleiman Musa, 61, helped an injured women on the road and sent her to the hospital free-of-charge. I am sure you will have your own good experiences with our local cab drivers needless to say.
Thus, Taxi drivers in Singapore are also ranked the third most friendly in the world.
Singapore ranks fifth for 'Best Public Transport', ahead of cities such as Hong Kong, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Seoul, and Paris. Again, Tokyo emerged tops.
Not only that, Singapore is also second place for 'Cleanest Streets' and 'Safest Streets', with Tokyo once again bagging the top spot in both categories.
A recent report ranks Singapore's taxi fare rates as the seventh cheapest out of 25 cities around the world. Check out which countries beat us, and which ones we are behind of.
According to a report on Rocketnews24, these latest results from Trip Advisor are based on how far of a distance S$12.20 can get you.
They are obtained from the countries' taxi companies as well as tourism centres.
Here is the full ranking:
25. Amsterdam, Netherlands (2.695km)
24. Tokyo, Japan (2.896km)
23. Rome, Italy (3.510km)
22. Berlin, Germany (3.816km)
21. Sydney, Australia (4.271km)
20. London, England (4.741km)
19. Toronto, Canada (4.748km)
18. Cairo, Egypt (5.000km)
17. Madrid, Spain (5.939km)
16. Prague, Czech (6.385km)
15. Hawaii, USA (7.313km)
14. Paris, France (7.505km)
13. New York, USA (8.403km)
12. Johannesburg, South Africa (9.650km)
11. Moscow, Russia (10.000km)
10. Istanbul, Turkey (13.871km)
9. Taipei, Taiwan (16.411km)
8. Seoul, South Korea (18.159km)
7. Singapore, Singapore (25.538km)
6. Beijing, China (35.410km)
5. Manila, Philippines (43.277km)
4. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (45.729km)
3. Mexico City, Mexico (46.564km)
2. Bangkok, Thailand (55.399km)
1. Delhi, India (86.960km)
What do you think of Singapore's seventh position for Taxi fares?