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[Revealed] Most Visited Cities in the World 2019

[Revealed] Most Visited Cities in the World 2019
Pixabay.com/terimakasih0 | Bangkok floating market

Bangkok named as the most visited cities in the world for the fourth year in a row, while Paris overtakes London for the second spot, according to a new report on Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index as quoed by CEOWORLD Magazine.

The Southeast Asian metropolis clock up 22.78 million overnight international visitors in 2018 with expected growth of 3.34% in 2019.

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Here are the 20 most visited cities around the world, ranked in ascending order by the total number of international visitors they’re set to receive.

Dance performance in Bali. Image: pixabay.com/innokurnia
Dance performance in Bali. Image: pixabay.com/innokurnia
  1. Hong Kong — 8.23 million (international visitors)
  2. Bali, Indonesia — 8.26 million
  3. Palma de Mallorca, Spain — 8.96 million
  4. Barcelona, Spain — 9.09 million
  5. Milan, Italy — 9.10 million
  6. Pattaya, Thailand — 9.44 million
  7. Phuket, Thailand — 9.89 million
  8. Mecca, Saudi Arabia — 10 million
  9. Osaka, Japan — 10.14 million
  10. Seoul, South Korea — 11.25 million
  11. Antalya, Turkey — 12.41 million
  12. Tokyo — 12.93 million
  13. Istanbul — 13.4 million
  14. New York City — 13.6 million
  15. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 13.79 million
  16. Singapore — 14.67 million
  17. Dubai, United Arab Emirates — 15.93 million
  18. London — 19.09 million
  19. Paris — 19.1 million
  20. Bangkok — 22.78 million

 

 

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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