![]() Nonetheless, the capacity for Bangkok to remain as a relatively cheap destination should help in continuing to attract plenty of visitors. Notably, the average spend per day in Bangkok during 2017 was US$173, which is far lower than Dubai ($537), Paris ($301) and Singapore ($286). It will be no surprise that for Bangkok the top three feeder countries were China, Japan and South Korea, a situation which was the same in 2016 and is likely to remain this way for some time to come. By further comparison, the other cities in the top 10 were Paris with 17.44 million overnight visitors, Dubai (15.79 million), Singapore (13.91 million), New York (13.13 million), Kuala Lumpur (12.58 million), Tokyo (11.93 million), Istanbul (10.7 million) and Seoul (9.54 million). ![]() For both Phuket and Pattaya it was their first time to be included in the index.īangkok saw an amazing 20.05 million visitors in 2017 which was just above the 19.83 million visitors to London in the same year. Phuket entered the top 10 destination cities by money spent. Phuket ranked 12th while Pattaya came in at 18th. Significantly, the GDCI also ranked two other Thai destinations, namely Phuket and Pattaya, among its top 20, meaning Thailand is the only country with three places in the top 20. ![]() The GDCI has only been extant for six years and Bangkok has now snared the top position in five of those six years. The Thai capital had previously been ranked number one in 20. The importance of tourism into Thailand was recently further emphasised when the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index (GDCI) placed Bangkok as the number one destination city for international overnight visitors for 2017. ![]()
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