List: Top 100 Most Visited Cities in the World: Hong Kong #1

Hong Kong remained the most visited city in the world for the eighth consecutive year in the Euromonitor International’s latest Top 100 City Destination Ranking 2017 Edition.

The ranking is based on Euromonitor International’s research in 100 countries and is based on the number of international arrivals that spend 24 hours or more in a city.

In 2016, the top 100 cities accounted for 558 million international arrivals. With 1.2 billion trips taken worldwide, visits to the top 100 cities accounted for almost half at 46%.

The importance of cities for tourism has been growing steadily over the years, with top 100 city arrivals outperforming global arrivals almost every year, and this trend is expected to continue.

Hong Kong and Bangkok take the top two spots of the Top 100. The performance of European and UK cities is heavily affected by terrorism, particularly affecting cities in France and Turkey.

The US dominates the Top 100 ranking among cities in the Americas; however, with Donald Trump in the White House, future performance is uncertain.

The report further stated that performance in the Middle East and Africa has fluctuated greatly due to unrest in many countries, although South Africa and Kenya are expected to register strong growth in luxury hotels as Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be popular with luxury travellers.

With the strong growth in GDP in many African countries, and a population that is set to grow from 1.2 billion to 1.7 billion by 2030 in the AU member states, there is strong potential for increased business and leisure travel.

1	Hong Kong
2	Bangkok
3	London
4	Singapore
5	Macau
6	Dubai
7	Paris.
8	New York City
9	Shenzhen, China
10	Kuala Lumpur
11	Phuket, Thailand
12	Rome
13	Tokyo
14	Taipei
15	Istanbul, Turkey
16	Seoul, South Korea
17	Guangzhou, China
18	Prague
19	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
20	Miami, US
21	Delhi, India
22	Mumbai, India
23	Barcelona, Spain
24	Pattaya, Thailand
25	Shanghai
26	Las Vegas US
27	Milan Italy
28	Amsterdam Netherlands
29	Antalya Turkey
30	Vienna, Austria
31	Los Angeles US
32	Cancún Mexico
33	Osaka Japan
34	Berlin Germany
35	Agra India
36	Ho Chi Mh City Vietnam
37	Johannesburg South Africa
38	Venice, Italy
39	Madrid Spa
40	Orlando US
41	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
42	Johor Bahru Malaysia
43	Dublin, Ireland
44	Florence, Italy
45	Chennai, India
46	Moscow Russia
47	Athens Greece
48	Jaipur, India
49	Beijing, China
50	Denpasar, Indonesia
51	Toronto Canada
52	Ha Noi, Vietnam
53	Sydney Australia
54	San Francisco US
55	Budapest Hungary
56	Ha Long, Vietnam
57	Punta Cana Domican Republic
58	Dammam City Saudi Arabia
59	Munich Germany
60	Zhuhai Cha
61	Lisbon Portugal
62	Cairo Egypt
63	Penang Island Malaysia
64	Doha Qatar
65	Copenhagen Denmark
66	Heraklion Greece
67	Jerusalem Israel
68	Edirne Turkey
69	Phnom Penh Cambodia
70	St Petersburg Russia
71	Jeju South Korea
72	Kyoto Japan
73	Chiang Mai Thailand
74	Warsaw Poland
75	Krakow Poland
76	Honolulu US
77	Melbourne Australia
78	Tel Aviv Israel
79	Marrakech Morocco
80	Brussels Belgium
81	Auckland New Zealand
82	Vancouver Canada
83	Jakarta Indonesia
84	Frankfurt Germany
85	Artv Turkey
86	Guil China
87	Stockholm Sweden
88	Rio de Janeiro Brazil
89	Kolkata dia
90	Buenos Aires City Argentina
91	Chiba, Japan
92	Siem Reap, Cambodia
93	Nice, France
94	Mexico City, Mexico
95	Lima, Peru
96	Taichung, Taiwan
97	Rhodes, Greece
98	Washgton DC, US
99	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
100	Colombo, Sri Lanka