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Cities with the Most International Tourists

Name the cities that receive the most international tourists according to Euromonitor
2018 report
Chinese numbers inflated because Euromonitor considers two Chinese cities to be separate countries
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First submittedJanuary 28, 2017
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City
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Hong Kong
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Bangkok
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London
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Singapore
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Macau
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Paris
7
Dubai
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New York City
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Kuala Lumpur
10
Shenzhen
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Phuket
12
Istanbul
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Delhi
14
Tokyo
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Rome
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Antalya
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Taipei
18
Guangzhou
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Mumbai
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Prague
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Mecca
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Miami
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Amsterdam
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Seoul
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Pattaya
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Shanghai
27
Los Angeles
28
Las Vegas
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City
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Agra
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Osaka
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Barcelona
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Milan
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Denpasar
34
Vienna
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Cancún
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Berlin
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Johor Bahru
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Johannesburg
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Ho Chi Minh City
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Riyadh
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Venice
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Jaipur
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Madrid
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Orlando
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Chennai
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Dublin
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Florence
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Moscow
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Athens
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Cairo
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Hanoi
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Toronto
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Ha Long
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Beijing
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Sydney
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Munich
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Budapest
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Punta Cana
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St. Petersburg
60
Jakarta
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Dammam
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Lisbon
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Jerusalem
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Chiang Mai
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Zhuhai
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Penang
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Kyoto
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Heraklion
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Phnom Penh
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Brussels
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98 Comments
Tramp
+8
Level 76
Jan 28, 2017
The stats for HK/Macau/Zhuhai/Shenzhen/Guangzhou are all going to be massively inflated because many people cross these borders daily between the mainland and HK/Macau
brandybuck96
+4
Level 83
Jan 29, 2017
But would that count as tourism?
Rowand33
+1
Level 51
Jan 31, 2017
For many nations, no. But it depends on your definition of "tourism," and where that money goes.
Tramp
+4
Level 76
Jan 31, 2017
For many people, it's for work/business.
cshtthomas
+3
Level 59
Jan 25, 2019
I'm from HK. And for your reference, there are countless people from mainland China coming to HK/Macau for a 1-day trip, and some of them happen to do it once a week for shopping. It's sometimes vice versa, and it is still to some extent tourism
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Feb 13, 2019
part of why it would be much more interesting if they just counted every overnight stay regardless of whether or not the visitor crossed an international boundary (or in the case of Hong Kong and Macao, crossed an internal division within the country). Doing otherwise introduces and arbitrary variable and makes the results highly inconsistent.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Feb 13, 2019
and all of these cities in the EU/Schengen Area are now just as easy to travel between as any two cities within any other country. Actually easier. There is a border checkpoint between Hong Kong and the rest of China, unlike traveling between Vienna, Prague, Munich, and Budapest.
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 65
Jan 29, 2017
80% on the quiz for 2/5 points? Harsh, but very fun quiz overall. Five stars :)
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 29, 2017
Should be worth 3 points, although maybe there's a rounding issue:

http://www.jetpunk.com/explain-points

Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Feb 5, 2017
It shows 3 points now. Maybe I misspelled the number? Though then my point would be disproved.
ValterFerreira
+1
Level 64
Mar 10, 2020
Something has changed. Now, with 81%, I got 4 points.
Gamer1162
+4
Level 59
Jan 29, 2017
I thought nobody would know of Punta Cana, apparently I was wrong.
tshalla
+1
Level 76
Feb 12, 2019
It's not much of a "city".
EcceHomo
+1
Level 82
Aug 26, 2020
No, but it gets a lot of tourists.
AlejandroAP
+1
Level 81
Jan 30, 2017
Great quiz!
tylman9
+1
Level 71
Jan 30, 2017
Where is Macau?
Miqueas
+1
Level 71
Mar 28, 2017
I can't see it either
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Mar 28, 2017
Macau is mostly visited by asian tourists
jennraven
+1
Level 67
Oct 17, 2019
It's next to Hong Kong
levic
+1
Level 69
Jan 31, 2017
Not even one city from South America? :O
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 90
Sep 24, 2018
Rio de Janeiro is perhaps the most beautiful setting for a city on Earth. Time to book apparently.
ValterFerreira
+2
Level 64
Mar 10, 2020
Too much crime to be attractive enough...
OliviaPG
+3
Level 68
Jan 19, 2021
For North American tourists, locations such as Cancun and Punta Cana are cheaper, easier to get to, and safer.
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Jan 31, 2017
Muğla?! It's not a very interesting place, near many more attractive coastal tourist cities. I have trouble believing it made this list.
ubsaral
+1
Level 86
Mar 11, 2017
It has coastal subcities as Marmaris, Bodrum, Fethiye etc.. They all in Muğla. But you're right the city center of Muğla isn't interesting.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Mu%C4%9Fla_districts.png/350px-Mu%C4%9Fla_districts.png

"Muğla Merkezi" is the city centre of Muğla.

PjotrL
+4
Level 75
Mar 30, 2017
Would be nice if Marmaris or Bodrum work as type-ins as there is some chance someone enters those places in good faith :-)
CaoMaru
+1
Level 49
Jul 20, 2018
I tried Bodrum
Natascha
+1
Level 51
Dec 17, 2017
Nobody travels to Mugla. They go to Bodrum or Marmaris.
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Mar 28, 2017
A lot of maps show the place as just Johor - that's how I tried it but it doesn't work.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 28, 2017
The state is known as Johor.
herbw
+1
Level 50
Jan 6, 2018
The state is Johor, but the state capital is Johor Bahru (New Johore)
luxint
+1
Level 66
Mar 28, 2017
Thats weird it says I got Denpasar right. I confess I have never heard of it. So I doubt it!
sulfuratus
+6
Level 67
Mar 28, 2017
You probably entered Bali, which is just the island name, but seems to be an accepted type-in option here.
loganite
+6
Level 90
Mar 28, 2017
I wonder how many people end up in Burgas, Bulgaria by mistake...thinking they are buying a ticket to Bruges, Belgium. ;)
catie09
+1
Level 84
Mar 28, 2017
Cool quiz!
ferdi0495
+2
Level 62
Mar 29, 2017
Accept Praha for Prague?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Mar 30, 2017
Would be much more interesting and relevant to see a quiz on cities by total number of tourists (international and domestic), but I know that data is hard to come by. I've looked. Most of these European cities would not make it on to such a quiz. Little silly to count someone from Malmo visiting Copenhagen more than someone from Boston flying to Honolulu. Even if the bridge toll for the former trip might cost more than the airfare for the latter.
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Apr 3, 2017
Only overnight visitors count.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Oct 14, 2018
So what? Even if you were driving from Malmo to Copenhagen you could still stay overnight if you wanted to and this would count while a family from Anchorage taking a trip to Miami or one from Beijing going to Guangzhou does not count.
Bringitonlarsons
+6
Level 90
Feb 12, 2019
Lol
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Feb 12, 2019
Your sense of humor includes laughing at excellent, well-stated points? Strange. But ok.
Hollywood
+5
Level 61
Feb 16, 2020
Lol
kolovozzz
+1
Level 32
Mar 31, 2017
BURGAS IS IN BULGARIA AND BULGARIA IS MY FAV COUNTRY YAZZZ
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Sep 24, 2018
COOL
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Apr 3, 2017
I also couldn't find why Mugla has such high numbers, it's close to the sea but I doubt many people spend the night there before heading on to the resorts.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
May 18, 2017
Got 60/70, and most of the remaining answers I have never heard of in my life. Despite spending some time in Turkey, never heard of Mugla.
bridog8456
+1
Level 47
Aug 13, 2017
Could you accept Brussells? I thought it had to Ls.
leannevz
+2
Level 55
Jan 8, 2019
Nope, the English spelling is Brussels, the Dutch one is Brussel and the French one is Bruxelles. The French version has two Ls but then you would need to write it fully in French.
ValterFerreira
+1
Level 64
Mar 10, 2020
It doesn't matter what you thought. It matters what it is.
J0shua
+1
Level 65
Sep 7, 2017
Could you please accept Saigon for Ho Chi Minh City?
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Sep 24, 2018
Saigon is how everybody I've ever met from Vietnam refers to it.
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Jan 24, 2019
It's accepted
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Sep 24, 2018
Walla Walla, Washington's "world famous" Marcus Whitman Hotel is advertising on this quiz of most visited world cities. Looks nice in the carefully taken pictures. I see neither Walla Walla nor anywhere in South America like Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Lima or Montevideo on the quiz map being clogged by you hordes. Where should I choose? I know where Bugs Bunny would go.
ander217
+1
Level 74
Feb 12, 2019
But Bugs never gets there because he always takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
leannevz
+1
Level 55
Jan 8, 2019
I got Johor Bahru but not Florence... I have been more recently to Florence than Johor Bahru so that doesn't explain anything lol.
FConstantino
+2
Level 49
Jan 15, 2019
People are deffinetely missing beautiful places in South America. It might be far away but you can see the best waterfalls and the best mountainous landscapes on Earth not to mention lots of big european look alike cities.
ValterFerreira
+3
Level 64
Mar 10, 2020
The problem is not only being far away. I just don't like to be a tourist in parts of the world where there is a high crime rate, which is the case in most of the American continent.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Jan 23, 2024
The rest sounds nice but 'European lookalike cities' isn't really a draw if you already come from Europe.
mpepperdine
+1
Level 75
Dec 4, 2024
Yeah that's definitely not a selling point of South America. You want the crazy unique cities like La Paz
mrnafe
+2
Level 83
Jan 24, 2019
Pattaya is up there for all the worst reasons
Djilas
+2
Level 83
Jan 24, 2019
Could you accept Iraklio? I always have to type twice because I try the Greek name first.
Jerry928
+2
Level 76
Feb 5, 2019
Penang is an island, and a province, but not a city. Penang's main city is George Town. I have my doubts abut Ha Long as well, because "Ha Long" will refer to visitors to the amazing islands of Vietnam's Halong Bay. As happened to us and a gazillion other tourists this month when we visited, the trip to the bay, and those islands, bypasses Ha Long city completely.
chunkeeguy
+2
Level 78
Feb 12, 2019
Completely agree
tshalla
+1
Level 76
Feb 12, 2019
At least when I've been there, it seemed that everyone in the city itself called it "Penang".
tigersue
+1
Level 76
Feb 12, 2019
I was going to complain about Penang being a state rather than a city but then realised that I got allowed Bali rather than Denpasur (which I probably wouldn't have got) so I'm keeping quiet!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Feb 13, 2019
Same could be said for Bali and Phuket. Though there is a "Phuket Town" on Phuket, it's not where the tourists go.
Lomeo
+1
Level 51
Jul 9, 2019
well technically the bay and the islands themselves are parts of the Halong city, so you still visited the city haha
Keithg
+3
Level 50
Feb 12, 2019
Ha Long..has this been going on?
SWATkun
+1
Level 59
Feb 12, 2019
Never heard of Ha Long
Lomeo
+1
Level 51
Jul 9, 2019
lol really? It's one of the touristiest places on earth, still very pretty tho. Check the pics on Google.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Feb 12, 2019
Do we know why in 2018 Euromonitor still considered Macau and Hong Kong to be separate countries? They have autonomous judicial and legislative powers but on defence and diplomacy they are still part of China.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 21, 2019
Got everything after the update except for Punta Cana and Johor Bahru, but that was still good enough for 5 points.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Mar 21, 2019
I keep missing Orlando
takmike
+1
Level 51
Aug 17, 2019
never heard of denpasar, ha long, or puntacana.

surprised Manila or Rio de janeiro not here.

some cities may better be combined because many overlap of tourists such as Hong Kong/Macau, Delhi/Agra.

felicianSU
+2
Level 61
Aug 24, 2019
I don't know about Delhi and Agra, but Hong Kong and Macau cannot be combined. They are separate cities, and people go there for various reasons. And people who go to Hong Kong don't necessarily also go to Macau, and vice versa. Combining these two would just be like combining Tokyo and Kyoto, which is stupid to do. Both cities just happen to be in the same area, the only thing being that efficient transportation connects the two cities.
ValterFerreira
+2
Level 64
Mar 10, 2020
There's even a border between Hong Kong and Macau, you cannot circulate freely between them, contrarily to what happens, for example, in most of Europe. How could they be combined?
hikarinanao
+1
Level 47
Oct 5, 2020
Denpasar is the capital of Bali province
IceCold
+2
Level 59
Oct 4, 2022
You can not combine Delhi and Agra. They are 250 km from each other. Plus a lot of international tourists to India are people of Indian descent who do not always visit both together. And even if they did, this would make as much sense as combining New York City and DC because international tourists might visit both
JuanLim
+2
Level 43
Oct 14, 2019
As a Malaysian citizen, I must critique that Penang is a state, not a city.
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 75
Oct 17, 2019
Penang is not a city. Georgetown is the city
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Nov 18, 2019
I was just about to suggest maybe you should accept Georgetown for Penang.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Nov 18, 2019
and as I've pointed out before, I think, for sure Phuket Town is not receiving more tourists than Patong, Kamala, etc etc. Phuket Town is not a resort town. Phuket is the name of the island. Most tourists go to Patong.
PhantomMaster
+1
Level 34
May 15, 2020
I thought Naples and DC should be here.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 20, 2020
Washington DC doesn't get that many tourists.
OliviaPG
+1
Level 68
Jan 19, 2021
Washington DC doesn't get that many international tourists. It is fairly popular among Americans, and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone in New England or the Mid-Atlantic who hasn't been .
kujxn
+1
Level 84
Jan 4, 2021
George Town should be an accepted answer for Penang. Penang is the name of the state of which George Town is the capital city of. It is also the name of the island where George Town is situated on. Bali is an acceptable answer for the city of Denpasar, so should George Town be for Penang.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 4, 2021
That will work now. Thank you for the suggestion.
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Jan 23, 2021
Some of these seem fishy to me. For example, more people visit Phnom Penh than Mexico City or Rio de Janeiro (neither of which are even on this list)? Antalya, which I've never even heard of before, is more popular than LA or Venice? Denpasar draws in about as many people as Barcelona and Milan, despite the fact that Spain and Italy are, respectively, 3rd and 5th in terms of total international tourism while Indonesia is nowhere near?
NHG
+2
Level 49
Mar 29, 2021
Just because you have not heard of a major tourist destination before does not mean it is fishy. A simple comparison of Antalya airport's international arrivals with Rio/GIG (half of Antalya's) and Mexico City (not much more than half) will tell you all you need to know. The reality of distance and relative population density means the western hemisphere destinations just don't make the cut - compared to Antalya which is within easy reach of western European countries.
urulu
+1
Level 54
Apr 4, 2021
It surprises me that France is somehow the most visited country on Earth when places like Italy, China, and US have a higher number of magnet cities. Outside of Paris and maybe Nice, no one place stands out as a tourist hub, while Italy has Milan, Florence, Rome, Venice, Verona, etc.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Mar 22, 2023
People from surrounding countries do visit various bits of France though. Aquitaine, Dordogne and the Cote d'Azur are all popular destinations for UK tourists I think, while not always having a city 'hub' - it's more for beaches and sunshine. And Paris is just so overwhelmingly touristy that I'm unsurprised by it.
salvadoran
+2
Level 62
Sep 28, 2023
There's a simple answer to that - tourism in countries like China concentrates on these "magnet cities", while France gets a lot of tourists in every part of the country. Let it be Brittany, the Cote d'Azur, Alsace, the Alps, Paris, the Provence... Chances are high you'll meet international tourists wherever you are. A lot of them.

If you list Florence and Verona for Italy, you might as well list Strasbourg and Marseille for France.

GeoWizAlbania
+1
Level 34
Oct 15, 2021
"International tourists" AKA people going back to their countries to visit
Splodgylodgyy
+1
Level 64
Feb 20, 2022
Edinburgh, Scotland gets more tourists than Heraklion.
VaultAgentMoez
+1
Level 64
Jul 24, 2022
im surprised I haven't heard most of these Thai and Malay cities and the Saudi city besides Chiang Mai Johor and Jeddah and MEcca
DabMK
+1
Level 48
Jul 27, 2022
Missed Paris but got Heraklion
DabMK
+1
Level 48
Jul 27, 2022
I'm not even from greece
AwesomePotato170
+1
Level 55
Feb 22, 2023
Bali is accepted for Denpasar.
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