Top 10 best global cities to take a working vacation

Americans needn’t bother with a passport to get to the No. 1 global city to take a functioning vacation.

Kansas City, Missouri, was named the best city in the world to work during the day and investigate night-time without utilizing a lot of your PTO time, as per a new examination from Icelandair.

Kansas City — known for its barbecue, jazz scene, and for having a larger number of fountains than Rome — is home to attractions including The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kauffman Stadium, and Worlds of Fun, and a bustling downtown. It ends up as the winner of 115 global cities in the ranking, which were picked in light of their important quality in the tourist industry and availability of “slow” travel options.

Tourist interests to the side, the Icelandair ranking thinks about metrics that paint a picture of every city’s personal life (like a price of living, safety, health-care access), that it is so natural to work there (internet speed, average working hours, commute time), environmental factors (climate index, noise and light pollution, air quality) and data from the United Nations’ World Happiness Report.

Here are the top 10 best global cities to take a working vacation, according to Icelandair.

1. Kansas City, United States
2. Vienna, Austria
3. Wellington, New Zealand
4. Copenhagen, Denmark
5. Edinburgh, United Kingdom
6. Victoria, Canada
7. Perth, Australia
8. Frankfurt, Germany
9. Brisbane, Australia
10. Helsinki, Finland

Travelers might be shocked to find average big cities like New York or Los Angeles don’t top the list. That is on the grounds that these metros “aren’t always best when you’re looking to take a step away from the busy hustle of a usual working day,” says Gisli S. Brynjolfsson, director of global marketing at Icelandair.

“Slow travel” is a growing trend that “emphasizes connections, whether that be with the local people, businesses, culture, food, and to leave places in a condition future travelers can explore, too,” he tells CNBC Make It.

Slow travel is particularly appealing to individuals arranging working vacations, who are bound to travel alone and spend longer periods of time at their destination. “It’s about being mindful, not burning yourself out, and taking your time to get to know the places around you,” Brynjolfsson says.

While remote work makes it simpler than any time in recent memory to take a working vacation, many individuals are returning from these “breaks” more burned out than when they left. Some 61% of Americans who took a working vacation somewhat recently didn’t believe them to be “true” vacations, as indicated by Expedia’s most recent Vacation Deprivation investigation of 14,500 working grown-ups across 16 countries. Furthermore, 72% of individuals who managed their vacation detailed feeling more burned out than at any time in recent memory.

The Icelandair report suggests travelers track down the balance by connecting with nature, staying active, and practicing mindfulness while on vacation. For quite a long time you’re working, take mini-breaks from devices and find a responsible mate who can assist you with focusing on your rest, whether they’re a remote colleague or a travel partner.

At last, despite the fact that these cities have the infrastructure for remote work, ensure a portion of your outing is spent logged off — delete email, practice proactive recuperation and submerge yourself in your new objective.