The world’s most popular city for 2013 is..

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IT WON’T be London. Or Paris. It’s definitely NOT Sydney. In fact, no Australian city made the list of the world’s most popular tourist destinations for 2013.

According to the MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index, the most popular destination for tourists this year will be Bangkok. The Thai capital predicted to have 15.98 million visitors in 2013, ahead of last year’s most popular destination London on 15.96 and Paris at 13.92.

The index predicts visitor numbers based on scheduled flights and the estimated spend by tourists for 132 different destinations around the world.

Paris, once the most popular destination for tourists in the word, is the only destination among the top 20 that has shown a decline in the estimated number of international visitor arrivals by -0.7 per cent.

The cities with the strongest predicted growth are Istanbul and Dubai. They grew by 9.5 per cent and 10.9 per cent respectively.

While no Australian cities made the most popular list, Sydney did come in at number nine on the list of cities where tourists are most likely to spend money. The New South Wales capital is predicted to rake in $10.4 billion this year.

MasterCard has been producing the index since 2010 and it is the first time that an Asia capital has taken out the number one spot.

source: http://www.news.com.au

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