Preferred moving destinations in 2016 for expats

If you plan an international move from Italy to your dream destination, you may want to check the results of the recent Expat Insider survey from Internations. The leading social network and information portal for people who live and work abroad has recently conducted a survey among over 14000 expats around the world asking for the preferred city where they would like to relocate to. The results: New York City ranked on top position, followed by the following top moving destinations: London, Barcelona, Sydney, San Francisco, Paris, Singapore, Dubai, Amsterdam and Rome.

It was interesting to notice that about half of the 50 most popular expat cities are located in English-speaking countries. Further to the top ten cities New York, London and Sydney, following additional  English-speaking moving destinations received a high appreciation from expatriates: Melbourne (position 11), Vancouver (position 13), Los Angeles (position 14), Auckland (position 16),  Miami (position 17) being part of the top 20, and further cities such as Seattle, Boston, Dublin and Edinburgh.

Gender played a role when naming the preferred city to relocate to: Women gave high scores to cities such as Rome (position 7), Berlin (position 9) and Cape Town (position 10), while these destinations did not appear in the men’s top ten. Male respondents consider rather following destinations attractive: Singapore (position 5), Dubai (position 7) and Vancouver (position 9).

Finally, age also seems to be relevant: Expats from generation 50+ seem to prefer tropical destinations, giving high scores to cities such as Bangkok and Honolulu.