Most visited cities

Most visited cities

Top 20 most visited cities by estimated number of international visitors by selected year
City	Country	International visitors (millions)	Year/Notes
Paris	France	15.6	2007 (Excluding extra-muros visitors)[10]
London	United Kingdom	14.8	2008[11]
Bangkok	Thailand	10.84	2007 (External study estimation)[12]
Singapore	Singapore	10.1	2008[13]
New York City	United States	9.5	2008[14]
Hong Kong	China	7.94	2008 (excluding Mainland China)[15]
Istanbul	Turkey	7.05	2008[16]
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	6.9	2007[17]
Shanghai	China	6.66	2007[18]
Rome	Italy	6.12	2007 (External study estimation)[12]
Seoul	South Korea	4.99	2007 (External study estimation)[12]
Barcelona	Spain	4.72	2008[19]
Madrid	Spain	4.64	2008[20]
Mecca	Saudi Arabia	4.5	2007[21]
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	4.4	2007 (External study estimation)[12]
Beijing	China	4.4	2007[22]
Moscow	Russia	4.1	2008[23]
Prague	Czech Republic	4.1	2008[24]
Amsterdam	Netherlands	3.66	2008[25]
Vienna	Austria	3.53	2008[26]

Most visited countries by international tourist arrivals

Most visited countries by international tourist arrivals

Main article: World Tourism rankings

The World Tourism Organization reports the following ten countries as the most visited in between 2006 and 2008 by number of international travelers. When compared to 2006, Ukraine entered the top ten list, surpassing Russia, Austria and Mexico,^[4] and in 2008 surpassed Germany.^[7] In 2008 the U.S. displaced Spain from the second place. Most of the top visited countries continue to be on the European continent.

Rank Country UNWTO Regional Market International tourist arrivals (2008)[7] International tourist arrivals (2007)[4][7] International tourist arrivals (2006)[8] 1 France Europe 79.3 million 81.9 million 78.9 million 2 United States North America 58.0 million 56.0 million 51.0 million 3 Spain Europe 57.3 million 58.7 million 58.2 million 4 China Asia 53.0 million 54.7 million 49.9 million 5 Italy Europe 42.7 million 43.7 million 41.1 million 6 United Kingdom Europe 30.2 million 30.9 million 30.7 million 7 Ukraine Europe 25.4 million 23.1 million 18.9 million 8 Turkey Europe 25.0 million 22.2 million 18.9 million 9 Germany Europe 24.9 million 24.4 million 23.5 million 10 Mexico North America 22.6 million 21.4 million 21.4 million