Three Irish cities have made it into a list of the top 4 friendliest cities in the world.
Readers of Travel + Leisure magazine placed Galway as the friendliest city in the world with Dublin and Cork in 3rd and 4th place respectively.
Charleston in North Carolina was rated the second friendliest and Melbourne and Edinburgh were included in the top ten.
Last night Tourism Ireland welcomed the news saying 'Again and again, research shows us that the friendliness of our people is one of our unique selling points. It is the warm welcome here that resonates with overseas visitors and makes our cities such a great holiday choice'