Cities in Asia's number, so the World Favorite Tourist Destination

London and Bangkok was ranked top for five years.

A number of cities in Asia a favorite destination of the world community. Starting from Bangkok, Singapore, Seoul and Hong Kong. These cities, entered the top ten list of Global Destination Cities Index.

This is the result of an annual study of MasterCard, the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, with 10 countries dominate the top half of the tourist destinations most frequently visited.

Bangkok still retains his position at number two, with 18.24 million international visitors and getting closer to the city tops, namely London.

Other Asian cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Hong Kong, respectively ranked at seven, eight, nine and ten.

Through a release received, MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index provides a list of the 132 most visited cities worldwide.

Do not just analyze the travel patterns, the index also revealed an understanding of the mobility of people in the world and also shows the role of cities in the world as a place of residence, a tourist destination and a motor of economic growth.

London and Bangkok has been ranked at the top for five consecutive years in this index. Both will continue to compete for the top position, given the number of visitors to Bangkok are increasing after recovering from the riots that occurred in 2014.

Here are the cities with the top rankings of the results of a study on the estimated number of international visitors per night:

1. London - 18.82 million

2. Bangkok - 18.24 million

3. Paris - 16.06 million

4. Dubai - 14.26 million

5. Istanbul - 12.56 million

6. New York - 12.27 million

7. Singapore - 11.88 million

8. Kuala Lumpur - 11.12 million

9. Seoul - 10.35 million

10. Hong Kong - 8.66 million

In addition, seven of the ten cities with the fastest growth in the number of visitors over the last six years were in Asia. Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, to lead the growth in the number of visitors, followed by Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, China. Here is a list of 10 cities with the fastest growing number of visitors:

1. Colombo - 21.1%

2. Chengdu - 20.7%

3. Abu Dhabi - 20.4%

4. Osaka - 19.8%

5. Riyadh - 18.0%

    

6. Xi An - 16.2%

7. Taipei - 14.9%

8. Tokyo - 14.6%

9. The five - 13.9%

10. Ho Chi Minh City - 12.9%

The amount of increased travel into and out of China's impact on the five cities in East Asia enjoy high growth in the number of visitors. Meanwhile, tourism in Sri Lanka is also growing rapidly after the end of the civil war there that has lasted long enough.