Ali Moghadam

Australia voted favorite nation in global poll.

Australia, followed by Canada, topped a worldwide survey of the world's favourite nations. One thousand people in 10 nations were asked to rank countries on a series of criteria, ranging across tourism, immigration, exports, investment, culture, heritage and people. The survey of 25 nations was compiled by marketing research firms Anholt-GMI.

Australia was new to the survey this year, and it replaced Sweden as the strongest "nation brand" in the world. New Zealand also appeared in the survey for the first time.

The United States dropped from fourth to eleventh place and Sweden moved down to fifth place.

posted by Ali @ 9:36 PM