London, the world’s most popular travel destination in2015
London is forecast to be the world’s most popular travel destination in 2015 for the second year in a row, according to Mastercard annual travel study.
Mastercard released their annual travel study, the Global destination index, ranking 132 destination cities around the world in terms of total
international overnight visitor arrivals and cross-border spending.
Top 10 destination cities for 2015 ( by projected visitor arrivals)
London 18.82 million
Bangkok 18.24 million
Paris 16.06 million
Dubai, UAE 14.26 million
Istanbul 12.56 million
New York 12.27 million
Singapore 11.88 million
Kuala lumpur Malaysia 11.12 million
Seoul 10.35 million
Hong Kong 8.66 million
London tops the fastest growing city by international overnight visitors between 2009-2015, as it earned £13.15bn ($20.23bn), followed by New York ( £11.29bn) ($17.37bn), Paris (£10.8bn)($16.61bn), Seoul (£9.91bn) ( $15.24bn), Singapore (£9.52bn) ($14.65bn), Barcelona (£9.01bn)($13.86bn), Bangkok (£8.03bn)($12.36bn), Kuala Lumpur ( £7.81bn) ($12.02bn), Dubai £ (7.59bn)($11.68bn), Istanbul ( £6.09bn) ($9.37bn). Mumbai (£2.15bn) ( $3.3bn ) from visitors and it the 4th most lucrative market in Asia Pacific for overseas spenders with over 4.75 million people staying overnight.