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Greta75 -> Top 15 most visited cities 2017 (9/26/2017 6:49:19 PM)
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1) Bangkok Thailand ($14.1bn)
2) London UK ($16.1bn)
3) Paris France ($12.0bn)
4) Dubai ($28.5bn)
5) Singapore ($15.7bn)
6) New York US ($17.0bn)
7) Seoul Korea ($9.4bn)
8) Kuala Lumpur Malaysia ($7.2bn)
9) Tokyo Japan ($11.3bn)
10) Istanbul Turkey ($5.8bn)
11) Hong Kong ($6.1bn)
12) Barcelona Spain ($8.9bn)
13) Amsterdam Netherlands ($4.5bn)
14) Milan Italy ($4.9bn)
15) Taipei Taiwan ($9.9bn)
https://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Mastercard-Destination-Cities-Index-Report.pdf
Wow, I didn't know Bangkok is the most visited country in the world! They really build a niche on their sex trade.
I expect London and Paris to be right up there.
Interestingly, tourist spend so little in Milan, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong and Singapore are like always at friendly rivalry for our tourism and getting the "good expats" to settle in our country. And we are kicking their ass big time! That's because they are so mean to China Tourists and we welcome all the Chinese Tourists!
I am quite surprise Melbourne or Sydney is not up there with the rest which is strange.
The crazy thing is, I am surprise we are fifth most visitors in the world just because, there is seriously nothing fun to do in Singapore at all. No history sites, no nice beaches, no nothing interesting to see. It's like a eat and shop destination. And our shopping isn't even cheap. It's much cheaper in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand for shopping.
Dubai is like "goals", don't have to have most visitors, but how to get visitors to part with more of their spending. Can't say the Arabs don't know how to do their tourism right.
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