A view of Ha Long Bay (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Euromonitor International, theworld’s leading independent provider of strategic market research, hasannounced the list of top 100 city destination of 2018, with three being in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City,Hanoi and Ha Long city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh wereplaced at 39th,51st and 53rd in terms of international tourist arrivals in 2018, according tothe report which covers over 600 cities round theworld.
The report predicted that Ho Chi Minh Citywill enjoy a 5.9 percent growth in the field with over 5.8 million internationalarrivals. Meanwhile, the forecast figures for Hanoi and Ha Long cities are 8percent with 4.64 million international visitors, and 12 percent with 4.48million tourists, respectively.
In this year’s rankings, Asia continues itsrise. The region accounts for 41 out of the top 100 cities. This number hassteadily risen from 37 in 2012.
According to the report, Hong Kong (China)is the most visited city with 29.8 million international visitors, representinga year on year expansion of 7 percent.
Inthe top 10 list of this year are also Bangkok, London, Singapore, Macau, Paris,Dubai, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Shenzhen.
The report said that global inboundarrivals are expected to grow by 5 percent to 1.4 billion trips in 2018. At thesame time, arrivals to this year’s top 100 city destinations are set to grow by7.5 percent.-VNA
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