![]() ![]() ![]() The Scottish capital doesn’t even scratch the top 100. More than half of all international visitors coming to the UK visit London, with the UK’s second most-visited city – Edinburgh – attracting less than 10% of London’s arrivals. The importance of cities for tourism has been growing steadily for years.Ī total of 1.2 billion trips were taken worldwide last year, with visits to the top 100 cities accounting for almost half, at 46%. Seoul, meanwhile, saw a decline of nearly 15% in 2017 – with 7.66 million visitors expected – which Euromonitor attributes to tensions between South Korea and China. Hong Kong saw a growth dip in 2017 as relations with mainland China became strained, but Euromonitor predicts this will be short-lived. ![]() “Asian cities are dominating the Top 100 City Destinations, with 41 cities in 2017 and this is likely to reach 47 by 2025,” Wouter Geerts, senior travel analyst at Euromonitor and the report’s lead author, told the World Travel Market, an industry event in London where the report was released.Ĭhina remains the kingmaker when it comes to the rankings, with Hong Kong owing much of its success to its strategic position and relationship with the mainland. The ranking is based on Euromonitor International’s research in 100 countries and is based on the number of internationalĪrrivals that spend 24 hours or more in a city. Its big-city rival London has been pushed firmly into third place, with 19.2 million visitors in 2016 and 19.8 million expected in 2017. In second place, with an impressive 21.25 million visitors in 2016 and annual growth of close to 10%, is Bangkok. Revealing the results of its 2017 Top 100 City Destinations survey, market researcher Euromonitor International says the Asian territory pulled in 26 million visitors in the previous year – a number predicted to swell to 44 million by 2025. For the ninth year in a row, Hong Kong has held on to its crown as the planet’s most visited city. ![]()
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