January 21, 2013 Top 100 Cities Destination Ranking Global market research company Euromonitor International is pleased to release its Top 100 Cities Destination ranking, a list of the world’s top cities in terms of international tourist arrivals in 2011. Top City Destinations Ranking 2011 Country

City

Rank

2011 Arrivals (000s) 2011 Growth (%)

Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong

1

21830.2

8.8

Singapore

Singapore

2

19818.1

8.7

United Kingdom London

3

15106.1

2.7

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

4

13315.4

16.0

China

Macau

5

12925.16

8.4

Thailand

Bangkok

6

12357.4

12.5

Turkey

Antalya

7

12052.4

13.3

China

Shenzhen

8

10894.6

6.8

USA

New York City

9

10038

3.5

Turkey

Istanbul

10

9765.2

20.2

China

Guangzhou

11

8875.5

8.9

France

Paris

12

8403.5

3.5

United Arab Emirate

Dubai

13

7741

-0.1

China

Shanghai

14

6911.7

-5.8

USA

Miami

15

6461.8

7.1

Saudi Arabia

Mecca

16

6412.1

4.7

Thailand

Pattaya

17

6002.9

10.5

Italy

Rome

18

5966.2

4.5

USA

Las Vegas

19

5387.1

4.2

Spain

Barcelona

20

5366.4

4.0

Taiwan

Taipei

21

5256.6

51.3

China

Beijing

22

5152.7

5.1

USA

Los Angeles

23

4918.4

8.1

Thailand

Phuket

24

4893.9

9.5

Hungary

Budapest

25

4376.9

8.5

Netherlands

Amsterdam

26

4201.9

12.8

Russia

Moscow

27

4170

11.5

USA

Orlando

28

3825.2

4.1

Czech Republic

Prague

29

3759.5

0.0

Germany

Berlin

30

3711.3

7.5

Austria

Vienna

31

3690

4.8

Turkey

Mugla

32

3592.1

11.9

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh

33

3533.3

45.1

Spain

Madrid

34

3431

0.8

Ukraine

Kiev

35

3371.658884

6.6

Poland

Warsaw

36

3351.2

35.0

Ireland

Dublin

37

3250

-6.7

Egypt

Cairo

38

3248.9

-35.0

Turkey

Edirne

39

3181.3

9.3

China

Zhuhai

40

3179.9

-2.2

India

Chennai

41

3174.5

14.0

China

Hangzhou

42

3148.7

14.2

Argentina

Buenos Aires

43

2967.7

9.2

USA

San Francisco

44

2924.3

2.9

Russia

St Petersburg

45

2900

16.0

South Korea

Seoul

46

2857.1

1.7

Mexico

Mexico City

47

2847.4

3.7

Japan

Tokyo

48

2748.2

-28.0

Canada

Toronto

49

2737.4

0.3

India

Delhi

50

2702.6

15.0

Australia

Sydney

51

2626

0.2

Indonesia

Denpasar

52

2559.5

0.5

Mexico

Cancún

53

2492.9

9.1

Peru

Lima

54

2442.4

30.0

China

Suzhou

55

2365.8

14.0

Romania

Bucharest

56

2350

10.0

India

Mumbai

57

2349

7.0

Belgium

Brussels

58

2285

2.1

Dominican Republic

Punta Cana

59

2232.901

11.0

South Africa

Johannesburg

60

2180.3

8.4

Germany

Munich

61

2134.6

4.0

France

Nice

62

2134.1

2.6

New Zealand

Auckland

63

2100

7.7

Portugal

Lisbon

64

2099.8

5.4

India

Agra

65

2085.4

15.0

Italy

Milan

66

2074.5

4.8

India

Jaipur

67

2061.7

16.0

Morocco

Marrakech

68

2052.3

1.2

Egypt

Sharm el Sheikh

69

2005.2

-21.6

Saudi Arabia

East Province

70

1996.5

6.4

Syria

Damascus

71

1988.1

-18.4

Canada

Vancouver

72

1894.3

-6.6

Indonesia

Jakarta

73

1893.2

0.3

Bulgaria

Burgas

74

1859.7

7.7

Syria

Aleppo

75

1856.5

-12.3

Italy

Venice

76

1832.7

4.7

Philippines

Manila

77

1821.5

23.0

Italy

Florence

78

1817.2

4.5

Bulgaria

Varna

79

1813.9

7.4

Kenya

Nairobi

80

1812

40.3

USA

Honolulu

81

1801

2.8

Greece

Athens

82

1786.6

2.0

Vietnam

Hanoi

83

1750

41.5

New Zealand

Christchurch

84

1735

-0.5

United Arab Emirate

Abu Dhabi

85

1725

6.3

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

86

1722.7

7.0

China

Guilin

87

1698.9

14.3

Australia

Melbourne

88

1677

14.4

Brazil

São Paulo

89

1648

3.0

Thailand

Chiang Mai

90

1632

6.3

USA

Washington DC

91

1615.8

2.6

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

92

1610.1

6.5

Azerbaijan

Baku

93

1589.9

8.6

Turkey

Izmir

94

1532.9

27.1

China

Nanjing

95

1497.9

14.4

Bulgaria

Sofia-City & Greater Are

96

1468

9.7

Kyrgyzstan

Issyk-Kulskaya Oblast

97

1450.5

57.6

Belarus

Minsk

98

1437.7

2.8

India

Kolkatta

99

1431.6

9.0

Switzerland

Zurich

100

1424

3.3