Top Ten Travel Destinations for 2015

Based on Global Destination Cities Index

Big Ben, London

A city full of specific appeal, traditions and life of the British royal flavorful, as well as various attractions offer a unique, London, became the city's most popular tourist destination in 2015, and this result is the second year in a row.

The survey was conducted by multinationals, MasterCard, which released the latest annual travel survey, the Global Destination Cities Index. Interesting results to 132 destinations worldwide, who assessed based on the number of international visitor arrivals and spending across borders.


Red Telephone Box, London

Through projections predicted London will welcome approximately 18.820 thousand tourists who spend the night in this 2015. Of course, this is a result that is not surprising, seeing the potential of London as a tourist destination, while Bangkok is projected to receive about 18.240 thousand tourists, is also always in the top two positions during the past five years.

Here's a list of Global Destination Cities Index.

Top Ten Destinations for 2015 based on projections of visitor arrivals

1. London 18.82 million
2. Bangkok 18.4 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

Top Ten Cities with the Largest Total Expenditure Rating for 2015

1. London US $ 20.23 billion
2. New York US $ 17.37 billion
3. Paris US $ 16.61 billion
4. Seoul US $ 15.24 billion
5. Singapore US $ 14.65 billion
6. Barcelona US $ 13.86 billion
7. Bangkok US $ 12.36 billion
8. Kuala Lumpur US $ 12.02 billion
9. Dubai US $ 11.68 billion
10. Istanbul US $ 9.37 billion

Tourist Town with Fastest Developments

1. Colombo, Sri Lanka 21.1 percent
2. Chengdu, China 20.7 percent
3. Abu Dhabi, UAE 20.4 percent
4. Osaka, Japan 19.8 percent
5. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 18.0 percent
6. Xi An, China 16.2 percent
7. Taipei, Taiwan 14.9 percent
8. Tokyo, Japan 14.6 percent
9. Lima, Peru 13.9 percent
10. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 12.9 percent

Interesting survey of the cities in the world that has all the qualities as a tourist destination, so that tourists from various countries can make choices traveled without hesitation.

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(Source Windratie - CNN Indonesia, MasterCard /Images Pingkan Djayasupena)