Travel Trends: 100 Most Visited Cities

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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

 

Travel Trends: 100 Most Visited Cities