![]() ![]() The forecast for 2018 indicates across-the-board growth, with Istanbul expecting the largest uptick in visitors. With the global economy buzzing, the annual growth of international overnight visitors to the Top 10 destination cities was up in 2017 except for Seoul, which saw a dip. ![]() It is followed by London with 19.83 million visitors, and Paris with 17.5 million.The number of international visitors is expected to rise by 3-10% in the Top 10 cities including (besides the aforementioned Top3) Dubai, Singapore, New York, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Istanbul and Seoul, with the number of nights and money spent there also seen going up. Interestingly, visitors tend to stay in Bangkok 4.7 nights and spend USD 173 per day, on average. With roughly 20 million international overnight visitors, Bangkok remains in the top spot this year and is unlikely to be bested due to a strong projected growth of 9.6% for 2018. The Mastercard Index, which expanded this year to look at global 162 cities, shows that nearly six million international visitors spent an average of five nights in Budapest, spending a total of almost three billion US dollars (HUF 825 bn) or USD 103 per person per day on average.
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