Nashville's culturally diverse and friendly environment makes it a favorite place for conventioneers and tourists, as well as a great place to work, live and raise a family. The following honors and rankings are just a few of Music City's shining accolades.

• National Geographic Adventure magazine has chosen Nashville as one of the top 50 adventure towns in the U.S. for 2007. The top adventure towns are selected by meeting above average standards in 5 categories: Wilderness, Small Town, Mountain, Waterfront, and City.
  
  
• Nashville ranked number four in the "Top Ten Destinations for Tour and Travel" by the National Motorcoach Network.
  
  
• Nashville has been placed in the top ten of family-friendly cities by American Baby.
  
  
• Nashville was tapped number four on the list of "Best Places for Relocating Families," by Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation. The 2007 report focused on "the ease with which a family can move to a city and the ease of settling into a new life there."


• Nashville is the number one "Smart Place to Live," said Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine in their May 2006 cover story. "[Our top pick offers] Southern hospitality. Gently rolling hills with big, affordable homes. A mild climate...and a phenomenal entertainment scene that goes far beyond country...With such an appetizing mix, it's easy to see why Nashville keeps attracting people from across the nation."
  
  
• Byways magazine named Nashville as number four in the top ten destinations for motorcoach travel in 2007.
  
  
• In 2007, Priceline.com named Nashville one of the top 25 destinations in the world to ring in the New Year.
  
  
• Businessweek.com and Sperling's Best Places named Nashville in 2007 one of the best places for artists in the United States.
  
  
• Nashville was ranked number five in Black Enterprise magazine's "Top 10 Best Cities for African Americans" in 2007.

• For the second year in a row, Nashville was highest-ranked of the "hottest cities to relocate [or] expand your business" by Expansion Management magazine, January 2006.
  
  
• Esquire magazine rated Robert's WEstern World among the "Best Bars in America" in the June 2006 issue.
  


• In 2006, Nashville won the honor of "Top City Visited in the Past Year" by the American Bus Association's annual "Best and the Rest" survey.
  


• Nashville placed number seven among metropolitan areas on Forbes.com's "Best Places for Business and Careers" 2006 list.
  


• Byways magazine's annual edition of the "Top 50 Motorcoach Destinations of 2005" named Nashville the fourth best motorcoach destination in the nation, ahead of cities like New Orleans, Orlando and Atlanta.
  


• The American Bus Association selected the CMA Music Festival (formerly Fan Fair) one of the top 100 events of 2005 in the U.S.
  


• Nashville was rated number two among "Best Cities for Relocating Singles," according to Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation's October 2005 report.
  


• Nashville was named "one of the seven coolest cities in the United States," defined as "exciting locations for young people where jobs are plentiful and rents are low enough to leave you a little extra cash in your pocket to enjoy the nightlife." Kiplinger.com, September 2005.
  


• The AAA Midwest Auto Club listed Nashville second in the top 100 destinations in the country as ranked by the number of Triptiks issued, ahead of cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix, New Orleans and Atlanta.
  


• Nashville is the "Number One City for Corporate Headquarters." Business Facilities magazine, June 2005.
  


• Nashville is one of the top 10 "Entrepreneurial Hot Cities." Entrepreneur magazine, 2005.
  


• Upon receiving its 12th Gold Service Award from Meetings & Conventions magazine, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau was inducted to the M&C Gold Awards Hall of Fame in 2005. The Nashville CVB also won a 2005 Award of Excellence from Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine.
  


• Bar Twenty3 was named to the 2005 list of top 100 clubs by the editors of Nightclub & Bar, following their 2004 recognition by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the 30 hottest new bars in the world.
  


• The Travel Industry Association of America's 2004 Business and Convention Travelers report named Nashville the eighth best city for convention, conference and seminar travelers.
  


• Pollstar honored Nashville's Ryman Auditorium as the 2004 Theatre of the Year for the second straight year. The other nominees were the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
  


• Nashville is one of five cities profiled by Business 2.0 magazine (a Fortune publication), in "Escape from Silicon Valley: Five great and cheap places to start your company," December 2004.
  


• The Center for Digital Government ranked Nashville eighth in "Top 10 Digital Cities in America," December 2004.
  


• Child magazine ranked Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University number eight among the nation's top 10 children's hospitals, December 2004.
  


• Nashville ranked as America's seventh strongest economy, according to Policom Corporation's "Economic Strength Ranking," November 2004.
  


• Business Development Outlook magazine and Bestplaces.net named Nashville the tenth best place in America for a thriving economy, November 2004.
  


• TIME magazine ranked Nashville's Children's Theatre the fourth best children's theatre in the country, November 15, 2004.
  


• Nashville International Airport was named one of the "10 greatest places to hang out during a layover." USA Today, November 12, 2004.
  


• The American Bus Association cited the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau one of the top three CVBs that works hardest for groups, 2004.
  


• Black Enterprise magazine named Nashville the third best city for low cost of living and the fourth best city for black families, June 2004.
  


• Travel + Leisure magazine and AOL's Travel Channel online survey, "America's Favorite Cities," named Nashville the friendliest city in America, fourth best for Christmas travel and culture, and sixth for fall destinations, March 2004.
  


• KPMG ranked Nashville the second least costly city in which to do business in the world. March 2004.
  


• Expansion Management ranked Nashville the second MSA overall and the fifth most popular city for corporate relocations in "Top 50 Hottest US Metros," January 2004.