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“Stockholm is also a favourite," she says. "It’s a beautiful clean city with fantastic hotels and excellent transport both in the city and to the airport. The only let-down can be eating out as you really need to know where to go and you often need to book in advance.”

So much for the ones where you want to go. Which are the ones to avoid? Karachi in Pakistan, Lagos in Nigeria and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea are revealed as the bottom three in the new index. The full list can be found here.

Which destination gets you excited when you have to go on a business trip? Which ones would you make you try to avoid going? Email us at businesstravel@thetimes.co.uk

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