Beyond the tourist hotspots

What makes a city loveable?

What Dhaka, Istanbul, Delhi, Bangkok, Yogyakarta, Berlin and Alexandria reveal about the way cities make travellers feel

Digest - 1 June 2026 - 06:43 PM

By Nasim Potla

On the ferry between Istanbul’s European shore and its Anatolian side, the city changes continents before your tea has had time to cool. Gulls patrol with the confidence of customs officers. Someone unwraps a simit. The Bosphorus throws back the afternoon light.https://www.thedailystar.net/life-living/travel/news/what-makes-city-loveable-4229236

Photo: Karim Waheed
Dhaka is nobody’s idea of an effortless holiday.

Research into tourism repeatedly suggests that perceived hospitality contributes to emotional attachment and memorable travel experiences. This sounds obvious until one considers how much tourism marketing is devoted to buildings photographed at sunrise with all inconvenient human beings removed from the frame.

A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.

A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.

  1. A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.
  2. A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.
  3. A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.
  • A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.
  • A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.
  • A monument may be the face of a city but its people control the facial expression.
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