Bangkok 'world’s top travel hotspot'
Bangkok is this year's top city for travel, according to
MasterCard's Global Destination Cities Index.
The study looked at the highest international visitor numbers
in 2013, with London, Paris, Singapore and New York rounding out the top five.
While London reached the top
spot in 2012, it was edged this year by the slimmest of margins with only about
25,000 visitors separating the two, a difference of about 1%.Thawatchai
Arunyik, deputy governor for the domestic market at the Tourism Authority of
Thailand (TAT), said, "The Thailand tourism slogan 'Amazing Thailand Always
Amazes You' is certainly apt as its capital, Bangkok, has emerged at the top of
this year's index. "And the word 'Amazing' focuses on the interest of
foreign tourists towards the country of Thailand. What a tribute this is to our
city's hospitality industry, the transport industry and food and beverage and
catering industry and more."
Dr Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, global economic adviser for MasterCard
Worldwide and author of the report, said, "Bangkok brought with it great
momentum from last year. Its ascent to number one is not only a first for Asia,
it's emblematic of the rise of the Global South, which encompasses much of
Africa and Asia as well as South America."
A noticeable trend in this year's report was the dominance of
the Asia-Pacific region. Of the 132 cities ranked, 42 are in Asian countries.
Bangkok is followed by
Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo and five of the top
10 in 2013 are in the Greater China region.
"With the rise of the
Asia-Pacific region, this year's index reflects the rebalance that the globe is
undergoing in large part because of the rise of emerging markets," said
Ann Cairns, president of international markets, MasterCard Worldwide.
Ms Cairns said this shift is
further underscored by electronic payments, which are enabling more people from
more places to participate in the global economy than ever before.
Of the 20 highest-ranked Destination Cities for 2013, four of
the top five are MasterCard Priceless Cities: London, Paris, Singapore, and New
York with Los Angeles coming in at 20. Not only are these cities attracting
international visitor arrivals, they are also top spots for residents.
The MasterCard Index of Global
Destination Cities ranks cities in terms of the number of their total
international visitor arrivals and the cross-border spending by these same
visitors in the destination cities, and gives visitor and passenger growth
forecasts for 2013.
Public data are used in deriving the international visitor
arrivals and their cross-border spending in each of the 132 destination cities,
using custom-made algorithms; paying special attention to eliminate the hub
effects for destination cities such as Singapore, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
This index and the
accompanying reports are not based on MasterCard volumes or transactional data.
People hang out at Sanam Luang, near the Temple of the Emerald
Buddha. (Photo by Akkasan Malached)
Commercial and residential buildings dot Bangkok's skyline.
(Bloomberg photo)
Motorists make their way along a Bangkok street during evening
rush hour. (Photo by Apichart Weerawong)
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Bangkok 'world’s top travel hotspot'
Thailand has
many interesting places. Many foreigners around the world come to travel in
Thailand. The important places when foreigners come to travel they don’t forget
to come to Bangkok. So, do you know why Bangkok is the world’s top travel
hotspot?
Bangkok is the center of Thailand. There are many beautiful
places to travel. Bangkok develop and momentum from last year. It ascent to
number one but it not only a first for Asia. Thailand has tourism slogan
“Amazing Thailand Always Amazes”. The world “Amazing” focuses on the interest
of foreigners towards the country of Thailand. It helps the country receive the
tribute much more from hospitality industry, the transport industry and food
and beverage and catering industry and more. Tourists from many countries to
participate in the global economy than ever before. Thailand has many
activities that tourists do for example, take photos inside the temple of the
Emerald Buddha, hang out at Sanam Luang and etc.
To sum up, Thailand has many beautiful and interesting places.
It has many activities that you can do. I think Thai people should travel in
Thailand. We must to promote tourism to travel in Thailand. So, Tourism
Authority of Thailand should promote tourism
vigorously to help the country good image for better. Tourism Authority of
Thailand should support Thailand to top ten of Asia.
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