Hong Kong, the great unbeatable
Surprise. **2018 is also from Hong Kong**. The great Chinese city is still the number 1: It is the most visited city in the world, as it was in 2017, in a ranking dominated by the Asian power. Only two European cities sneak into the top ten positions of the annual report Top 100 City Destinations Ranking from Euromonitor International.
Thus, the trend that we have been talking about is confirmed: China will be the most visited country in the world in 2030, and Asia, the most desirable continent for world travelers in a virtually Asian top 10.
Noteworthy this year is the absence of seoul in the top positions. It falls from 16th to 24th place in the world list, which means a loss of some 7.7 million tourists due to political tensions with China. However, it is expected that in next year's report it will climb its position thanks to the Pyeongchang winter games and the talks between China and South Korea that are taking place this 2018.
Graph on the balance between continents of the 2018 Report
EUROPE IN THE TOP 100
Ten European cities (one of them Spanish) highlighted in this top 100 are: **Vienna (34), Milan (32), Barcelona (31), Amsterdam (23), Prague (20), Anatolia (16), Rome ( 15) , Istanbul (12), Paris (6) and London (3) **
**Paris has managed to overtake Dubai in the ranking**, compared to last year. In the data analyzed in this report (from 2017), a visitor growth of 8% in the French capital.
As a global European trend, the timid but continuous growth of Turkish cities stands out, compared to the tourist crisis of 2016 due to its political situation.
From Euromonitor they also emphasize the growth of Barcelona and Amsterdam , whose positive data is seen "shadowed by overpopulation" ; traveler overbooking is not synonymous with growth (sustainable and positive growth for cities, at least) .
"Tourism vehicles and governments are increasingly aware that putting the focus on the volume itself is not the proper approximation . Instead, many European cities try to avoid the mass appeal to tourists and look for a tourism that adds value to the local economy ".
Porto, what is to come
PORTO, THE GREAT EUROPEAN 'BLACK'
From Euromonitor they put on the radar four cities that have been the great discoveries of the year , four cities that, in a matter of 365 days have shown a considerable increase in the number of travelers
Is about mumbai (presumed to enter Asian top 10 next year, up 25% from 2017) , Port (which breaks into the top 100 for the first time, and is expected to continue growing by around 7% in 2018), Osaka (which has jumped 117 places between 2012 and 2017) and Jesusalen (with a growth of 32% in 2017 and expected to grow around 38% in 2018) .
METHODOLOGY
euro monitor study data from more than 600 world cities . The report brings together the top 100 cities , those in which more travelers arrive according to the “international arrivals” studied for all of 2017.
But what does the concept include? international arrivals ”? It's about all those visitors arriving from another country and that land in the city as the first point of entry; also those travelers who they arrive in the country from different gateways but who then visit the city in question during their trip, as the Euromonitor report indicates.
Arrivals, therefore, study the movements of international travelers "any person who visits another country for at least 24 hours, and up to a period not exceeding 12 months of stay, and stays in it staying in an accommodation public, private, paid or unpaid”.
Each arrival in the country also includes those people who travel more than once a year and also counts those travelers who visit more than one city on the same trip.
All the reasons for the trip , from business, through pleasure or visiting friends and family, are collected in this study.
But what does the Euromonitor study not include? Domestic travelers, travelers in and out of the city on the same day, cruise ship travelers, and transit travelers are excluded. Also those who work in another city, students who stay in the city for more than a year, military personnel and transport workers.