This is alist of the top 100 cities ranked by the number of international visitors, including all international arrivals by land, air, and sea, for tourist or business purposes. Theconsulting firmEuromonitor and thefinancial services corporationMastercard define the concept of the foreign visitor differently, thus their respective rankings differ.
Euromonitor counts a visitor as any person visiting a city in another country for at least 24 hours, for a period not exceeding 12 months, and staying in paid or unpaid, collective or private accommodation. Each arrival is counted separately and includes people traveling more than once a year and people visiting several cities during one trip. The growth column compares international arrivals to the previous year.[1][2]
Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index counts a visitor only if a person stayed overnight at least once in the city. The income column shows the amount visitors spent in each city. For cities bordering directly on foreign territory, border crossings from country to country are not counted as international visitors.[3]
The top 10 most visited cities in 2024 according to Euromonitor were:[4]
| Rank | City | Country / Territory | Arrivals 2024 | Growth in arrivals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangkok | 32,400,000 | 37% | |
| 2 | Istanbul | 23,000,000 | 14% | |
| 3 | London | 21,700,000 | 7% | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 20,500,000 | 19% | |
| 5 | Mecca | 19,300,000 | 20% | |
| 6 | Antalya | 19,300,000 | 17% | |
| 7 | Dubai | 18,200,000 | 8% | |
| 8 | Macau | 18,000,000 | 26% | |
| 9 | Paris | 17,400,000 | 2% | |
| 10 | Kuala Lumpur | 16,500,000 | 73% |
The top 10 most visited cities in 2023 according to Euromonitor were:[5]
| Rank | City | Country / Territory | Arrivals 2023 | Growth in arrivals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Istanbul | 20,200,000 | 26% | |
| 2 | London | 18,800,000 | 17% | |
| 3 | Dubai | 16,800,000 | 18% | |
| 4 | Antalya | 16,500,000 | 29% | |
| 5 | Paris | 15,500,000 | 4% | |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 14,700,000 | 2,495% | |
| 7 | Bangkok | 12,200,000 | 142% | |
| 8 | New York City | United States | 11,700,000 | 24% |
| 9 | Mecca | 10,800,000 | 124% | |
| 10 | Cancún | 10,800,000 | 13% |
The 100 most visited cities in 2016/2018 according to Euromonitor and Mastercard were:[2][3]
| Rank (Euromonitor) | Rank (Mastercard) | City | Country / Territory | Arrivals 2018 (Euromonitor) | Arrivals 2016 (Mastercard) | Growth in arrivals (Euromonitor) | Income (billions $) (Mastercard) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Hong Kong | 29,262,700 | 8,370,000 | 5.0% | 6.84 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Bangkok | 24,177,500 | 21,470,000 | 7.7% | 14.84 | ||
| 3 | 2 | London | 19,233,000 | 19,880,000 | −3.0% | 19.76 | ||
| 4 | Macau | 18,931,400 | 9.2% | |||||
| 5 | 6 | Singapore | 18,551,200 | 12,110,000 | 5.3% | 12.54 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Paris | 17,560,200 | 18,030,000 | 10.9% | 12.88 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Dubai | 15,920,700 | 15,270,000 | 0.8% | 31.30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | New York City | United States | 13,600,000 | 12,750,000 | 3.8% | 18.52 | |
| 9 | 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 13,434,300 | 12,020,000 | 4.6% | 11.34 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Istanbul | 13,433,000 | 11,950,000 | 25.2% | 7.54 | ||
| 11 | 48 | Delhi | 12,645,300 | 2,580,000 | 24.5% | 1.91 | ||
| 12 | Antalya | 12,438,800 | 31.2% | |||||
| 13 | 14 | Los Angeles | United States | 12,304,300 | 5,600,000 | −1.4% | 8.10 | |
| 14 | 54 | Shenzhen | 12,202,100 | 2,120,000 | 1.1% | 0.83 | ||
| 15 | 27 | Mumbai | 10,590,100 | 4,860,000 | 17.9% | 3.60 | ||
| 16 | Phuket | 10,550,700 | 4.4% | |||||
| 17 | 16 | Rome | 10,065,400 | 7,120,000 | 5.6% | 4.47 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Tokyo | 9,985,100 | 10,700,000 | 4.6% | 13.48 | ||
| 19 | Pattaya | 9,606,400 | 5.1% | |||||
| 20 | 15 | Taipei | 9,597,800 | 7,350,000 | 3.5% | 9.60 | ||
| 21 | Mecca | 9,565,200 | −2.4% | |||||
| 22 | 36 | Guangzhou | 9,004,800 | 3,700,000 | 0.0% | 1.66 | ||
| 23 | 20 | Prague | 8,948,600 | 5,810,000 | 1.6% | 2.70 | ||
| 24 | Medina | 8,547,200 | −2.4% | |||||
| 25 | 10 | Seoul | 8,431,400 | 10,200,000 | 10.1% | 11.30 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Amsterdam | 8,354,200 | 8,000,000 | 6.5% | 4.20 | ||
| 27 | Agra | 8,138,200 | 22.5% | |||||
| 28 | 24 | Miami | United States | 8,121,300 | 5,240,000 | 4.1% | 8.15 | |
| 29 | 17 | Osaka | 7,861,500 | 7,020,000 | 19.0% | 3.39 | ||
| 30 | Las Vegas | United States | 6,639,300 | 4.7% | ||||
| 31 | 19 | Shanghai | 7,483,500 | 6,120,000 | 4.0% | 5.00 | ||
| 32 | 42 | Ho Chi Minh City | 7,200,000 | 3,050,000 | 15.4% | 3.12 | ||
| 33 | Denpasar | 7,185,600 | 15.2% | |||||
| 34 | 12 | Barcelona | 6,714,500 | 8,200,000 | 6.8% | 9.28 | ||
| 35 | Cairo | 6,500,000 | 10% | |||||
| 36 | 14 | Milan | 6,481,300 | 7,650,000 | 2.1% | 4.56 | ||
| 37 | 30 | Chennai | 6,422,800 | 4,370,000 | 26.3% | 3.24 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Vienna | 6,410,300 | 6,690,000 | 3.6% | 4.54 | ||
| 39 | Johor Bahru | 6,396,000 | 14.8% | |||||
| 40 | Jaipur | 6,383,400 | 20.7% | |||||
| 41 | Cancún | 6,041,000 | 0.0% | |||||
| 42 | 26 | Berlin | 5,959,400 | 4,940,000 | 5.9% | 5.00 | ||
| 43 | Athens | 5,755,000 | 7.1% | |||||
| 44 | Orlando | United States | 5,553,600 | 5.4% | ||||
| 45 | 59 | Moscow | 5,510,000 | 1,830,000 | 14.8% | 0.94 | ||
| 46 | Venice | 5,502,500 | 3.5% | |||||
| 47 | 22 | Madrid | 5,440,100 | 5,260,000 | 3.2% | 8.02 | ||
| 48 | Ha Long | 5,294,800 | 22.0% | |||||
| 49 | 28 | Riyadh | 5,267,500 | 4,590,000 | −2.4% | 1.69 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Dublin | 5,213,400 | 4,970,000 | 4.6% | 1.87 | ||
| 51 | Florence | 5,059,900 | 2.4% | |||||
| 52 | Jerusalem | 4,800,000[6] | 38% | |||||
| 53 | 52 | Hanoi | 4,687,000 | 2,200,000 | 9.0% | 1.28 | ||
| 54 | 29 | Toronto | 4,510,300 | 4,520,000 | 5.2% | 2.16 | ||
| 55 | 39 | Johannesburg | 4,120,800 | 3,600,000 | 1.3% | 1.73 | ||
| 56 | 35 | Sydney | 4,090,600 | 3,750,000 | 3.2% | 6.40 | ||
| 57 | 23 | Munich | 4,066,600 | 5,250,000 | 6.2% | 5.32 | ||
| 58 | 65 | Jakarta | 4,033,000 | 1,550,000 | 12.4% | 1.19 | ||
| 59 | 31 | Beijing | 4,002,400 | 4,050,000 | 2.0% | 4.08 | ||
| 60 | 85 | Saint Petersburg | 3,996,000 | 990,000 | 11.0% | 0.51 | ||
| 61 | 45 | Brussels | 3,942,000 | 2,710,000 | 14.9% | 1.92 | ||
| 62 | 40 | Budapest | 3,822,800 | 3,360,000 | 4.6% | 0.95 | ||
| 63 | 32 | Lima | 3,635,400 | 4,030,000 | 8.0% | 1.44 | ||
| 64 | 37 | Lisbon | 3,539,400 | 3,630,000 | 0.5% | 1.43 | ||
| 65 | Dammam | 3,498,900 | −2.4% | |||||
| 66 | Penang Island | 3,437,100 | 7.6% | |||||
| 67 | Heraklion | 3,371,800 | 7.1% | |||||
| 68 | Kyoto | 3,294,200 | 3.0% | |||||
| 69 | Zhuhai | 3,259,700 | 2.4% | |||||
| 70 | 34 | Vancouver | 3,212,100 | 3,900,000 | 7.1% | 2.12 | ||
| 71 | Chiang Mai | 3,196,000 | 2.1% | |||||
| 72 | 64 | Copenhagen | 3,069,700 | 1,630,000 | 3.6% | 0.91 | ||
| 73 | 33 | San Francisco | United States | 2,901,000 | 3,930,000 | 0.0% | 5.93 | |
| 74 | 47 | Melbourne | 2,889,000 | 2,650,000 | 5.8% | 4.94 | ||
| 75 | 70 | Warsaw | 2,850,000 | 1,370,000 | 1.8% | 0.51 | ||
| 76 | Marrakesh | 2,838,100 | 6.3% | |||||
| 77 | 62 | Kolkata | 2,826,500 | 1,720,000 | 10.4% | 1.27 | ||
| 78 | Cebu City | 2,805,100 | 24.9% | |||||
| 79 | Auckland | 2,798,900 | 5.0% | |||||
| 80 | 86 | Tel Aviv | 2,777,000 | 990,000 | 7.9% | 1.31 | ||
| 81 | Guilin | 2,747,000 | 10.4% | |||||
| 82 | Honolulu | United States | 2,737,300 | 1.9% | ||||
| 83 | Hurghada | 2,735,700 | 46.8% | |||||
| 84 | Kraków | 2,732,000 | 3.9% | |||||
| 85 | Muğla | 2,723,800 | 37.4% | |||||
| 86 | 57 | Buenos Aires | 2,685,700 | 2,020,000 | 5.2% | 1.69 | ||
| 87 | Chiba | 2,683,900 | 10.4% | |||||
| 88 | 38 | Frankfurt am Main | 2,636,000 | 3,620,000 | 5.6% | 3.67 | ||
| 89 | 55 | Stockholm | 2,604,600 | 2,080,000 | 5.3% | 1.68 | ||
| 90 | Da Nang | 2,505,000 | 25.0% | |||||
| 91 | Batam | 2,492,600 | 11.9% | |||||
| 92 | Nice | 2,466,800 | 6.0% | |||||
| 93 | Fukuoka | 2,436,900 | 20.3% | |||||
| 94 | 41 | Abu Dhabi | 2,402,800 | 3,140,000 | 7.1% | 2.65 | ||
| 95 | Jeju | 2,349,200 | −3.3% | |||||
| 96 | Porto | 2,341,300 | 4.9% | |||||
| 97 | Rhodes | 2,337,700 | 7.3% | |||||
| 98 | 71 | Rio de Janeiro | 2,278,300 | 1,370,000 | 1.2% | 0.97 | ||
| 99 | Krabi | 2,255,300 | 6.5% | |||||
| 100 | 97 | Bangalore | 2,101,100 | 2,239,200 | 740,000 | 25.7% | 0.55 | |
| 15 | Palma de Mallorca | 7,500,000 | 9.10 | |||||
| 43 | Mexico City | 2,980,000 | 2.27 | |||||
| 44 | Punta Cana | 2,730,000 | 2.95 | |||||
| 49 | São Paulo | 2,300,000 | 1.50 | |||||
| 50 | Zürich | 2,240,000 | 2.23 | |||||
| 51 | Montreal | 2,240,000 | 1.08 | |||||
| 53 | Washington D.C. | United States | 2,180,000 | 2.54 | ||||
| 56 | Chicago | United States | 2,080,000 | 2.95 | ||||
| 58 | Düsseldorf | 1,950,000 | 1.98 | |||||
| 60 | Boston | United States | 1,740,000 | 2.18 | ||||
| 61 | Chengdu | 1,740,000 | 0.60 | |||||
| 63 | Edinburgh | 1,660,000 | 1.13 | |||||
| 64 | San Jose | United States | 1,630,000 | 0.86 | ||||
| 68 | Tehran | 1,520,000 | 0.31 | |||||
| 69 | Houston | United States | 1,500,000 | 2.48 | ||||
| 72 | Hamburg | 1,450,000 | 1.47 | |||||
| 73 | Cape Town | 1,370,000 | 1.00 | |||||
| 74 | Manila | 1,320,000 | 0.98 | |||||
| 75 | Bogota | 1,260,000 | 1.35 | |||||
| 76 | Xi'an | 1,210,000 | 0.63 | |||||
| 77 | Beirut | 1,160,000 | 1.12 | |||||
| 78 | Geneva | 1,150,000 | 1.14 | |||||
| 79 | Colombo | 1,130,000 | 0.95 | |||||
| 80 | Xiamen | 1,090,000 | 0.93 | |||||
| 81 | Bucharest | 1,050,000 | 0.31 | |||||
| 82 | Casablanca | 1,050,000 | 0.62 | |||||
| 83 | Atlanta | United States | 1,020,000 | 1.47 | ||||
| 84 | Sofia | 1,010,000 | 0.44 | |||||
| 87 | Dalian | 940,000 | 0.55 | |||||
| 88 | Montevideo | 930,000 | 0.55 | |||||
| 89 | Amman | 930,000 | 0.94 | |||||
| 90 | Hangzhou | 900,000 | 0.43 | |||||
| 91 | Pune | 900,000 | 0.66 | |||||
| 92 | Durban | 830,000 | 0.29 | |||||
| 93 | Dallas | United States | 780,000 | 1.13 | ||||
| 94 | Accra | 760,000 | 0.53 | |||||
| 95 | Quito | 750,000 | 0.42 | |||||
| 96 | Tianjin | 750,000 | 2.24 | |||||
| 98 | Qingdao | 730,000 | 0.53 | |||||
| 100 | Lagos | 710,000 | 0.16 |