Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said the continued world-leading performance of Bangkok in these rankings illustrated the city’s enduring appeal to international travellers. For Bangkok, this amounted to 19.41 million overnight visitors and visitor spend of US$14.1 billion.Įarlier this year the Mastercard Asia-Pacific Destinations Index 2017, which is an off-shoot of the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index also named Bangkok first among 171 destinations throughout the region. The Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index 2017 ranked cities on their total international overnight visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by these visitors in 2016. It is the second year running Bangkok has topped the survey, having also earned top billing in the 2016 rankings. BANGKOK, 0 5 October, 2017 – Bangkok has confirmed its position as one of the world’s favourite holiday destinations, taking the top spot in the just-released Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index 2017.įive of the top 10 places in the annual survey – which ranks the top 132 destination cities around the world – went to Asia-Pacific destinations and the Thai capital proved best of all, according to the report.
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