Top 10 popular city in world
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“Which city is popular in world?”
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(In Japanese)
アメリカのクレジットカード会社のマスターカードは、外国人に人気のある都市のランキングを発表しました。2018年で、外国からの旅行者が一番多かった都市は、タイのバンコクで2278万人でした。2番目は、フランスのパリで1910万人、3番目はイギリスのロンドンで1909万人。東京は9番目で1293万人でした。
マスターカードによると、「外国の文化を知りたい旅行者が毎年増えており、東京は人気が高くなっていて2019年は増える割合が大きくなりそう」とのことです。
(In English)
US credit card company, Master Card announced ranking of popular city for tourists in 2018.
In 2018, most attractive city for tourists was Bangkok in Thailand (22.7million). Second was Paris in France (19.1million) and third was London in England (19.0million). Tokyo was 9th in world and number of tourists in 2018 was 12.9million.
According to Mastercard, “tourists interested in foreign culture is increasing every year and Tokyo will be more popular among tourists. More people will visit Tokyo in 2019 and increasing percentage compared with 2018 is estimated to be No.1.”.
This is ranking by Mastercard.
| The Global Top 10 Destination Cities in 2018 | ||||||
| Ranking | City name | City name in Japan | 2018 International Overnight Visitors | Growth Forecast for 2019 | Average Length of Stay | Average Spend Per Day (USD) |
| 1 | Bangkok | バンコク | 22.78 million | 3.34% | 4.8 nights | $184 |
| 2 | Paris | パリ | 19.10 million | 2.24% | 2.5 nights | $296 |
| 3 | London | ロンドン | 19.09 million | 3.47% | 5.8 nights | $148 |
| 4 | Dubai | ドバイ | 15.93 million | 1.68% | 3.5 nights | $553 |
| 5 | Singapore | シンガポール | 14.67 million | 4.00% | 4.2 nights | $272 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | クアラルンプール | 13.79 million | 9.87% | 5.7 nights | $142 |
| 7 | New York | ニューヨーク | 13.60 million | 2.94% | 7.9 nights | $152 |
| 8 | Istanbul | イスタンブール | 13.40 million | 8.14% | 5.8 nights | $106 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 東京 | 12.93 million | 10.02% | 5.4 nights | $196 |
| 10 | Antalya, Turkey | アンタルヤ | 12.41 million | 8.14% | 14.0 nights | $44 |
Many cities in Asia rank in high position.
I have been to 7 sities except Dubai and 2 cities in Turkey.
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