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Countries in the Northern
Hemisphere continue to take the lead when it comes to
satisfying the city-loving traveller.
Mastercard's Destination Cities Index reveals
the world's most popular cities, based on public data
gained in 132 destinations. It ranks cities in terms of
the number of their total international overnight
visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by these
same visitors in the destination cities in 2016, and
gives visitor and passenger growth forecasts for 2017.
The index is not based on Mastercard volumes or
transactional data.
While two South African cities ¡V Johannesburg and Cape
Town ¡V made the top 10 list for Top Destination Cities
in Middle East and Africa, they did not appear in the
global top 10.
Johannesburg ranked second in Africa and the Middle East
¡V only after Dubai ¡V seeing 4,57 million overnight
international visitors in 2016 with a 6,8% forecast for
2017.
Meanwhile, Cape Town was number six on the list for top
10 in Africa and the Middle East, with 1,52 million
overnight international visitors in 2016, also expecting
a 6,8% forecast for 2017. ¡V Source:
Traveller24 |
