Tokyo, capital of Japan, has displaced Moscow from the 1st place in a rating of the most expensive cities of the world for visitors which the Russian capital headed since 2006. On it informs in the press release the composer of rating Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Now Moscow takes in a rating the 3rd place, on the 2nd place the Japanese city — Osaka.

London has fallen in price

The 4th place in a rating — Geneva, and the 5th — Hong Kong. London has lost at once 13 positions, having fallen on 16 line of a rating. The cheapest city in the world — the South African Johannesburg which has displaced capital of Paraguay Asuncion, settling down on last line in rating Mercer last 6 years.

At drawing up of a rating researchers take into consideration the prices more than two hundred various goods and services (including rent of habitation, a food and gasoline) in 143 cities of the world. For the standard cost of a set of the goods in the most expensive city of the USA, New York which in present rating Mercer has risen with 22 on 8 place is accepted.

The most expensive city for tourists

According to research of London consulting company ECA International — the most expensive city of the world for visitors had been recognised capital of Angola Luanda. On the 2nd place after Luanda there was a capital of Japan Tokyo.

In bank HSBC research, affirmed, that in Russia live and the richest heads-foreigners in the world work. Russia has won first place in the list from 26 countries. 43% of foreigners working in Russia receive more than 200,000 dollars a year.