Visitors to Asian cities in the top 10 spent $91.2 billion in 2016, outpacing Europe ($74.7 billion) and North America ($55 billion). The latest GDCI also provides new data on a destination's top five feeder countries, as opposed to previous indices which provided feeder cities instead.įor Bangkok, the top five feeder countries are China (34.3%), Japan (7.1%), South Korea (4.3%), India (4.1%) and the UK (3.8%).Īsia-Pacific has the most cities in the top 10 and it beat other regions in term of spending. Leisure was the main purpose for visitors travelling to Bangkok (88.6%), significantly higher than for business (11.4%), while the top three categories for expenditure were shopping (22.9%), accommodation (22.6%) and local services (21.5%). Ranking the world's 132 top destination cities, the index analyses visitor volume and spending for the 2016 calendar year and provides a forecast for annual growth, insights on the fastest-growing destination cities, and a deeper understanding of why people travel and how they spend around the world. PANUPONG CHANGCHAIīangkok was ranked the No.1 destination city worldwide for a second consecutive year, followed closely by London, according to the seventh annual Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index (GDCI 2017) released yesterday.īangkok received 19.4 million international overnight visitors in 2016, which is forecast to grow 4% to 20.2 million in 2017, according to GDCI 2017.īangkok was also ranked fifth in terms of international overnight visitor spending, which totalled US$14.1 billion (469 billion baht). Tourist boats cruise past Wat Pho along the Chao Phraya River.
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