The Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index 2019, released this week, ranks 200 cities based on how many international overnight visitors they’re set to receive this year.

We all love a good list, so make your predictions and then read on – here are the results of the 20 most popular cities, in time honoured fashion, in reverse order!

20: Hong Kong – 8.23m
19: Bali – 8.26m
18: Palma de Mallorca – 8.96m
17: Barcelona – 9.09m
16: Milan – 9.10m
15: Pattaya – 9.44m
14: Phuket – 9.89m
13: Makkah – 10.0m
12: Osaka – 10.14m
11: Seoul – 11.25m

I feel we should have a bit of a music stab at this point in the style of Top of the Pops, as we head into this year’s Top 10 most popular destination cities…

10: Antalya – 12.41m
09: Tokyo – 12.93m
08: Istanbul – 13.4m
07: New York – 13.6m
06: Kuala Lumpur – 13.79m
05: Singapore – 14.67m
04: Dubai – 15.95m
03: London – 19.09m
02: Paris – 19.10 m

and number one, the most visited city in the world in 2019 is…

01: Bangkok – 22.78m visitors

It’s the 4th year in a row that Bangkok has held the top spot, so congratulations to them!

Regionally, Asia leads the way with 10 cities in the Top 20, Europe has 7, there are two in the Middle East and just one in the Americas.

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