With 12.56 million expected visitors in 2015, Istanbul surpassed New York and Singapore, gaining two spots to become the fifth most visited city in the globe, according to the annual MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index.
Istanbul attained the highest growth at 11.4 percent, moving to fifth from seventh, by international overnight visitors. Both Bangkok and Dubai progressed by 8 percent, the second fastest after Istanbul, in accordance to the report.
Faster than Paris
“Istanbul has a much higher growth rate than Paris. If these two cities continue to grow their international visitors’ numbers at the current rates, in four years, Istanbul will overtake Paris to become second-ranked in Europe after London,” noted the report.
The MasterCard-sponsored index measured travel patterns to rank 132 global cities by visitors. The top four were London with 18.82 million visitors, Bangkok with 18.24 million, Paris with 16.06 million and Dubai with 14.26 million.
Source: http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/
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