Budapest among the fastest developing tourist destinations
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Mastercard published the top travel destinations this year as well. Bangkok, London, and Paris are the top three, and, while Budapest is not among the top 10 in terms of the number of tourists, it placed quite well on another list. Index reports that Budapest is the fifth destination among the fastest developing European cities, ahead of Moscow and Berlin.
Mastercard compiles a list each year of the 132 most visited cities in the world, based on how many tourists visited the given city and how much they’ve spent there. The latest publication contains some predictions regarding the growth in the number of tourists and transit visitors, which will provide a better understanding of why people travel and how much they spend during their travels.
In the case of all 10 most popular big cities, the number of international tourists booking hotels has grown in 2016.
According to the 2017 predictions, further growth is to be expected, except for New York, where a slight fallback is forecasted.
The biggest growth will be noted in the case of Tokyo, where the visiting rate may grow by 12.2 percent.
The list of the most popular cities in terms of expenditures of international overnight guests looks a lot different. Tourists spend most nights in Dubai, and at the bottom of the TOP 10 list is Barcelona. The latter is not in the top 10 list based on the number of tourists.