Sharjah ranked among top cleanest cities in the world

The Emirate of Sharjah has been ranked among the top cleanest cities in the world, according to a recent international ranking published by Radical Storage, a website specialising in travel and tourism data.

- Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The ranking was based on an analysis of tens of thousands of visitor reviews submitted via Google over the past year to measure satisfaction levels with cleanliness in major tourist cities.

According to the ranking results, Sharjah achieved a positive rating of nearly 98 per cent regarding the cleanliness of its streets and public facilities, placing it among the top five cleanest cities globally.

This reflects the success of the emirate’s environmental and regulatory policies and the high level of community awareness regarding the importance of maintaining cleanliness and the city’s civilised appearance.

The ranking was based on an analysis of 70,000 genuine digital reviews, compiled from ratings of the top IO tourist attractions in each city within Euromonitor International’s list of the top 100 global destinations.

The reviews were categorised based on the use of cleanliness-related words such as “clean” and “dirty” then converted into positive and negative ratios that reflected the overall impression of the visitors.

The study results showed that Krakow, Poland, topped the global ranking as the cleanest city in the world with 98.5 per cent positive ratings, followed by Sharjah in the second place with 98 per cent.