Figures released from Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking, covering 100 of the world’s leading and most dynamic cities in terms of international tourist arrivals have just been released for 2011. Report shows emerging city destinations located in Asia Pacific saw an increase due to a strong economic environment.
While many cities remained in the same rank, Vietnam showed a particularly strong performance with Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi experiencing 40% growth for the second consecutive year, with future demand is likely to be driven by other Vietnamese cities including Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc emerging as international tourists look to discover more new places.
Uncertainty in the global economy still exists, especially in the US and Europe, future growth will be driven by Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Top City Destinations Ranking 2011
| Country | City | Rank | 2011 Growth (%) | |
| Hong Kong, China | Hong Kong | 1 | 8.8 | |
| Singapore | Singapore | 2 | 8.7 | |
| United Kingdom | London | 3 | 2.7 | |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 4 | 16.0 | |
| China | Macau | 5 | 8.4 | |
| Thailand | Bangkok | 6 | 12.5 | |
| Turkey | Antalya | 7 | 13.3 | |
| China | Shenzhen | 8 | 6.8 | |
| USA | New York City | 9 | 3.5 | |
| Turkey | Istanbul | 10 | 20.2 | |
| China | Guangzhou | 11 | 8.9 | |
| France | Paris | 12 | 3.5 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 13 | -0.1 | |
| China | Shanghai | 14 | -5.8 | |
| USA | Miami | 15 | 7.1 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Mecca | 16 | 4.7 | |
| Thailand | Pattaya | 17 | 10.5 | |
| Italy | Rome | 18 | 4.5 | |
| USA | Las Vegas | 19 | 4.2 | |
| Spain | Barcelona | 20 | 4.0 | |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 21 | 51.3 | |
| China | Beijing | 22 | 5.1 | |
| USA | Los Angeles | 23 | 8.1 | |
| Thailand | Phuket | 24 | 9.5 | |
| Hungary | Budapest | 25 | 8.5 | |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 26 | 12.8 | |
| Russia | Moscow | 27 | 11.5 | |
| USA | Orlando | 28 | 4.1 | |
| Czech Republic | Prague | 29 | 0.0 | |
| Germany | Berlin | 30 | 7.5 | |
| Austria | Vienna | 31 | 4.8 | |
| Turkey | Mugla | 32 | 11.9 | |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh | 33 | 45.1 | |
| Spain | Madrid | 34 | 0.8 | |
| Ukraine | Kiev | 35 | 6.6 | |
| Poland | Warsaw | 36 | 35.0 | |
| Ireland | Dublin | 37 | -6.7 | |
| Egypt | Cairo | 38 | -35.0 | |
| Turkey | Edirne | 39 | 9.3 | |
| China | Zhuhai | 40 | -2.2 | |
| India | Chennai | 41 | 14.0 | |
| China | Hangzhou | 42 | 14.2 | |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 43 | 9.2 | |
| USA | San Francisco | 44 | 2.9 | |
| Russia | St Petersburg | 45 | 16.0 | |
| South Korea | Seoul | 46 | 1.7 | |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 47 | 3.7 | |
| Japan | Tokyo | 48 | -28.0 | |
| Canada | Toronto | 49 | 0.3 | |
| India | Delhi | 50 | 15.0 | |
| Australia | Sydney | 51 | 0.2 | |
| Indonesia | Denpasar | 52 | 0.5 | |
| Mexico | Cancún | 53 | 9.1 | |
| Peru | Lima | 54 | 30.0 | |
| China | Suzhou | 55 | 14.0 | |
| Romania | Bucharest | 56 | 10.0 | |
| India | Mumbai | 57 | 7.0 | |
| Belgium | Brussels | 58 | 2.1 | |
| Dominican Republic | Punta Cana | 59 | 11.0 | |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | 60 | 8.4 | |
| Germany | Munich | 61 | 4.0 | |
| France | Nice | 62 | 2.6 | |
| New Zealand | Auckland | 63 | 7.7 | |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 64 | 5.4 | |
| India | Agra | 65 | 15.0 | |
| Italy | Milan | 66 | 4.8 | |
| India | Jaipur | 67 | 16.0 | |
| Morocco | Marrakech | 68 | 1.2 | |
| Egypt | Sharm el Sheikh | 69 | -21.6 | |
| Saudi Arabia | East Province | 70 | 6.4 | |
| Syria | Damascus | 71 | -18.4 | |
| Canada | Vancouver | 72 | -6.6 | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 73 | 0.3 | |
| Bulgaria | Burgas | 74 | 7.7 | |
| Syria | Aleppo | 75 | -12.3 | |
| Italy | Venice | 76 | 4.7 | |
| Philippines | Manila | 77 | 23.0 | |
| Italy | Florence | 78 | 4.5 | |
| Bulgaria | Varna | 79 | 7.4 | |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 80 | 40.3 | |
| USA | Honolulu | 81 | 2.8 | |
| Greece | Athens | 82 | 2.0 | |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 83 | 41.5 | |
| New Zealand | Christchurch | 84 | -0.5 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 85 | 6.3 | |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | 86 | 7.0 | |
| China | Guilin | 87 | 14.3 | |
| Australia | Melbourne | 88 | 14.4 | |
| Brazil | São Paulo | 89 | 3.0 | |
| Thailand | Chiang Mai | 90 | 6.3 | |
| USA | Washington DC | 91 | 2.6 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 92 | 6.5 | |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 93 | 8.6 | |
| Turkey | Izmir | 94 | 27.1 | |
| China | Nanjing | 95 | 14.4 | |
| Bulgaria | Sofia-City & Greater Area | 96 | 9.7 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Issyk-Kulskaya Oblast | 97 | 57.6 | |
| Belarus | Minsk | 98 | 2.8 | |
| India | Kolkatta | 99 | 9.0 | |
| Switzerland | Zurich | 100 | 3.3 | |