List of cities by international visitors

This is a list of the top 100 cities ranked by the number of international visitors, including all international arrivals by land, air, and sea, for tourist or business purposes. The consulting firm Euromonitor and the financial services corporation Mastercard define the concept of the foreign visitor differently, thus their respective rankings differ.
Euromonitor counts a visitor as any person visiting a city in another country for at least 24 hours, for a period not exceeding 12 months, and staying in paid or unpaid, collective or private accommodation. Each arrival is counted separately and includes people traveling more than once a year and people visiting several cities during one trip. The growth column compares international arrivals to the previous year.
Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index counts a visitor only if a person stayed overnight at least once in the city. The income column shows the amount visitors spent in each city. For cities bordering directly on foreign territory, border crossings from country to country are not counted as international visitors.

2025 top 10 ranking

The top 10 most visited cities in 2025 according to Euromonitor were:

Rank	City	Country / Territory	Arrivals 2025	Growth
1	Bangkok		30.3	-7%
2	Hong Kong		23.2	6%
3	London		22.7	4%
4	Macau		20.4	14%
5	Istanbul		19.7	6%
6	Dubai		19.5	7%
7	Mecca		18.7	7%
8	Antalya		18.6	8%
9	Paris		18.3	4%
10	Kuala Lumpur		17.3	5%

2024

The top 10 most visited cities in 2024 according to Euromonitor were:

Rank	City	Country / Territory	Arrivals 2024	Growth in arrivals
1	Bangkok		32,400,000	37%
2	Istanbul		23,000,000	14%
3	London		21,700,000	7%
4	Hong Kong		20,500,000	19%
5	Mecca		19,300,000	20%
6	Antalya		19,300,000	17%
7	Dubai		18,200,000	8%
8	Macau		18,000,000	26%
9	Paris		17,400,000	2%
10	Kuala Lumpur		16,500,000	73%

2023

The top 10 most visited cities in 2023 according to Euromonitor were:

Rank	City	Country / Territory	Arrivals 2023	Growth in arrivals
1	Istanbul		20,200,000	26%
2	London		18,800,000	17%
3	Dubai		16,800,000	18%
4	Antalya		16,500,000	29%
5	Paris		15,500,000	4%
6	Hong Kong		14,700,000	2,495%
7	Bangkok		12,200,000	142%
8	New York City		11,700,000	24%
9	Cancún		10,800,000	13%
10	Mecca		10,800,000	124%

2016/2018 top 100 rankings

The 100 most visited cities in 2016/2018 according to Euromonitor and Mastercard were:

Rank	Rank	City	Country / Territory	Arrivals 2018	Arrivals 2016	Growth in arrivals	Income
1	11	Hong Kong		29,262,700	8,370,000	5.0%	6.84
2	1	Bangkok		24,177,500	21,470,000	7.7%	14.84
3	2	London		19,233,000	19,880,000	−3.0%	19.76
4		Macau		18,931,400		9.2%
5	6	Singapore		18,551,200	12,110,000	5.3%	12.54
6	3	Paris		17,560,200	18,030,000	10.9%	12.88
7	4	Dubai		15,920,700	15,270,000	0.8%	31.30
8	5	New York City		13,600,000	12,750,000	3.8%	18.52
9	7	Kuala Lumpur		13,434,300	12,020,000	4.6%	11.34
10	8	Istanbul		13,433,000	11,950,000	25.2%	7.54
11	48	Delhi		12,645,300	2,580,000	24.5%	1.91
12		Antalya		12,438,800		31.2%
13	54	Shenzhen		12,202,100	2,120,000	1.1%	0.83
14	27	Mumbai		10,590,100	4,860,000	17.9%	3.60
15		Phuket		10,550,700		4.4%
16	16	Rome		10,065,400	7,120,000	5.6%	4.47
17	9	Tokyo		9,985,100	11,700,000	4.6%	13.48
18		Pattaya		9,606,400		5.1%
19	15	Taipei		9,597,800	7,350,000	3.5%	9.60
20		Mecca		9,565,200		−2.4%
21	36	Guangzhou		9,004,800	3,700,000	0.0%	1.66
22	20	Prague		8,948,600	5,810,000	1.6%	2.70
23		Medina		8,547,200		−2.4%
24	10	Seoul		8,431,400	10,200,000	10.1%	12.30
25	13	Amsterdam		8,354,200	8,000,000	6.5%	4.20
26		Agra		8,138,200		22.5%
27	24	Miami		8,121,300	5,240,000	4.1%	8.15
28	17	Osaka		7,861,500	7,020,000	19.0%	3.39
29	21	Los Angeles		7,500,000	5,600,000	4.7%	8.10
30	19	Shanghai		7,483,500	6,120,000	4.0%	5.00
31	42	Ho Chi Minh City		7,200,000	3,050,000	15.4%	3.12
32		Denpasar		7,185,600		15.2%
33	12	Barcelona		6,714,500	8,200,000	6.8%	9.28
34		Las Vegas		6,591,300		−1.4%
35	14	Milan		6,481,300	7,650,000	2.1%	4.56
36	30	Chennai		6,422,800	4,370,000	26.3%	3.24
37	18	Vienna		6,410,300	6,690,000	3.6%	4.54
38		Johor Bahru		6,396,000		14.8%
39		Jaipur		6,383,400		20.7%
40		Cancún		6,041,000		0.0%
41	26	Berlin		5,959,400	4,940,000	5.9%	5.00
42	67	Cairo		5,754,500	1,550,000	31.1%	1.08
43	46	Athens		5,728,400	2,680,000	19.4%	1.62
44		Orlando		5,553,600		5.4%
45	59	Moscow		5,510,000	1,830,000	14.8%	0.94
46		Venice		5,502,500		3.5%
47	22	Madrid		5,440,100	5,260,000	3.2%	8.02
48		Ha Long		5,294,800		22.0%
49	28	Riyadh		5,267,500	4,590,000	−2.4%	1.69
50	25	Dublin		5,213,400	4,970,000	4.6%	1.87
51		Florence		5,059,900		2.4%
52	52	Hanoi		4,687,000	2,200,000	9.0%	1.28
53	29	Toronto		4,510,300	4,520,000	5.2%	2.16
54	39	Johannesburg		4,120,800	3,600,000	1.3%	1.73
55	35	Sydney		4,090,600	3,750,000	3.2%	6.40
56	23	Munich		4,066,600	5,250,000	6.2%	5.32
57	66	Jakarta		4,033,000	1,550,000	12.4%	1.19
58	31	Beijing		4,002,400	4,050,000	2.0%	4.08
59	85	Saint Petersburg		3,996,000	990,000	11.0%	0.51
60	45	Brussels		3,942,000	2,710,000	14.9%	1.92
61		Jerusalem		3,930,000		11.6%
62	40	Budapest		3,822,800	3,360,000	4.6%	0.95
63	37	Lisbon		3,539,400	3,630,000	0.5%	1.43
64		Dammam		3,498,900		−2.4%
65		Penang Island		3,437,100		7.6%
66		Heraklion		3,371,800		7.1%
67		Kyoto		3,294,200		3.0%
68		Zhuhai		3,259,700		2.4%
69	34	Vancouver		3,212,100	3,900,000	7.1%	2.12
70		Chiang Mai		3,196,000		2.1%
71	65	Copenhagen		3,069,700	1,630,000	3.6%	0.91
72	33	San Francisco		2,901,000	3,930,000	0.0%	5.93
73	47	Melbourne		2,889,000	2,650,000	5.8%	4.94
74		Krakow		2,850,000		1.8%
75		Marrakesh		2,838,100		6.3%
76	62	Kolkata		2,826,500	1,720,000	10.4%	1.27
77		Cebu City		2,805,100		24.9%
78		Auckland		2,798,900		5.0%
79	86	Tel Aviv		2,777,000	990,000	7.9%	1.31
80		Guilin		2,747,000		10.4%
81		Honolulu		2,737,300		1.9%
82		Hurghada		2,735,700		46.8%
83	72	Warsaw		2,732,000	1,370,000	3.9%	0.51
84		Muğla		2,723,800		37.4%
85	57	Buenos Aires		2,685,700	2,020,000	5.2%	1.69
86		Chiba		2,683,900		10.4%
87	38	Frankfurt		2,636,000	3,620,000	5.6%	3.67
88	56	Stockholm		2,604,600	2,080,000	5.3%	1.68
89	32	Lima		2,535,400	4,030,000	8.0%	1.44
90		Da Nang		2,505,000		25.0%
91		Batam		2,492,600		11.9%
92		Nice		2,466,800		6.0%
93		Fukuoka		2,436,900		20.3%
94	41	Abu Dhabi		2,402,800	3,140,000	7.1%	2.65
95		Jeju		2,349,200		−3.3%
96		Porto		2,341,300		4.9%
97		Rhodes		2,337,700		7.3%
98	71	Rio de Janeiro		2,278,300	1,370,000	1.2%	0.97
99		Krabi		2,255,300		6.5%
100	97	Bangalore		2,239,200	740,000	25.7%	0.55
	43	Mexico City			2,980,000		2.27
	44	Punta Cana			2,730,000		2.95
	49	São Paulo			2,300,000		1.50
	50	Zürich			2,240,000		2.23
	51	Montreal			2,240,000		1.08
	53	Washington D.C.			2,180,000		2.54
	55	Chicago			2,080,000		2.95
	58	Düsseldorf			1,950,000		1.98
	60	Boston			1,740,000		2.18
	61	Chengdu			1,740,000		0.60
	63	Edinburgh			1,660,000		1.13
	64	San Jose			1,630,000		0.86
	68	Tehran			1,520,000		0.31
	69	Houston			1,500,000		2.48
	70	Hamburg			1,450,000		1.47
	73	Cape Town			1,370,000		1.00
	74	Manila			1,320,000		0.98
	75	Bogota			1,260,000		1.35
	76	Xi'an			1,210,000		0.63
	77	Beirut			1,160,000		1.12
	78	Geneva			1,150,000		1.14
	79	Colombo			1,130,000		0.95
	80	Xiamen			1,090,000		0.93
	81	Bucharest			1,050,000		0.31
	82	Casablanca			1,050,000		0.62
	83	Atlanta			1,020,000		1.47
	84	Sofia			1,010,000		0.44
	87	Dalian			940,000		0.55
	88	Montevideo			930,000		0.55
	89	Amman			930,000		0.94
	90	Hangzhou			900,000		0.43
	91	Pune			900,000		0.66
	92	Durban			830,000		0.29
	93	Dallas/Fort Worth			780,000		1.13
	94	Accra			760,000		0.53
	95	Quito			750,000		0.42
	96	Tianjin			750,000		2.24
	98	Qingdao			730,000		0.53
	99	Philadelphia			720,000		1.05
	100	Lagos			710,000		0.16