Most Visited Cities in 2013

Mastercard has released the most visited cities in terms of the number of their total international visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by these same visitors in the destination cities. The sources for overnight arrivals by foreign visitors are typically the National Statistics Boards of the relevant countries or their Tourism Boards. Released on May 2013, forecasts for the whole 2013 are projected using growth rates from the Airflow model.

Wat Arun seen from the river Chao Praya, Bangkok (source)

Bangkok, which posted 18% growth raise in the last two years, sits on the top of the list. It is for the first time Asian city is in the top rank since the Index was launched in 2011. The top 20 cities by number of International overnight visitors are:
1. Bangkok - 15.98 mil
2. London - 15.96 mil
3. Paris - 13.92 mil
4. Singapore - 11.75 mil
5. New York - 11.52 mil
6. Istanbul - 10.37 mil
7. Dubai - 9.89 mil
8. Kuala Lumpur - 9.20 mil
9. Hong Kong - 8.72 mil
10. Barcelona - 8.41 mil
11. Soul - 8.19 mil
12. Milan - 6.83 mil
13. Rome - 6.71 mil
14. Shanghai - 6.50 mil
15. Amsterdam - 6.35 mil
16. Tokyo - 5.80 mil
17. Vienna - 5.37 mil
18. Taipei - 5.19 mil
19. Riyadh - 5.05 mil
20. Los Angeles - 4.84 mil

Following is an infographic of what are on the top 10 cities and the tourist attractions in these places.

Most visited cities 2013, via graph.net