La consultora Euromonitor International presentó su informe anual en donde establece un ranking de las 100 ciudades con más arribos internacionales del mundo.
El estudio Top 100 Cities Destination está encabezado por Hong Kong, con 20 millones de arribos en 2011. Seguida por Singapur, quien focalizó en viajes de lujo y se consolidó en turismo de reuniones (MICE). Londres fue la tercera ciudad en liderar el ranking, y es una de las ciudades más populares de Europa.
De las urbes de Sudamérica, Buenos Aires encabezó la lista de las más visitadas. En el listado general, se ubicó en el puesto 43, por encima de Sydney, Tokio y Toronto. Más abajo, se posicionó Ciudad de México -47-, Cancún -53-, y Lima -54-. En cuanto a las previsiones de crecimiento, se prevé una fuerte alza en los arribos en 2012.
| City |
Ranking |
Arrivals |
% volume growth |
|
‘000 2010 |
2009/2010 |
||
| Hong Kong |
1 |
19,973 |
18.0 |
| Singapore |
2 |
18,297 |
16.0 |
| London* |
3 |
14,706 |
3.5 |
| Macau |
4 |
13,098 |
25.9 |
| Bangkok |
5 |
10,984 |
10.0 |
| Antalya |
6 |
10,641 |
20.0 |
| Kuala Lumpur |
7 |
10,351 |
10.0 |
| New York City |
8 |
8,961 |
4.2 |
| Paris |
9 |
8,176 |
5.5 |
| Istanbul |
10 |
8,124 |
7.7 |
| Dubai |
11 |
7,752 |
-0.4 |
| Mecca |
12 |
6,122 |
-12.4 |
| Miami |
13 |
6,003 |
5.6 |
| Rome |
14 |
5,62 |
1.4 |
| Shanghai |
15 |
5,397 |
22.9 |
| Barcelona |
16 |
5,16 |
15.6 |
| Las Vegas |
17 |
5,13 |
0.8 |
| Cairo |
18 |
4,998 |
3.5 |
| Beijing |
19 |
4,901 |
18.8 |
| Los Angeles |
20 |
4,55 |
1.1 |
| Pattaya |
21 |
4,43 |
4.0 |
| Amsterdam |
22 |
4,021 |
9.0 |
| Tokyo |
23 |
3,817 |
28.0 |
| Prague |
24 |
3,758 |
2.5 |
| Moscow |
25 |
3,74 |
1.4 |
| Phuket |
26 |
3,612 |
7.5 |
| Dublin |
27 |
3,587 |
-15.0 |
| Punta Cana |
28 |
3,521 |
3.1 |
| Vienna |
29 |
3,52 |
4.7 |
| Madrid |
30 |
3,402 |
1.1 |
| Kiev |
31 |
3,343 |
-5.4 |
| Orlando |
32 |
3,277 |
0.4 |
| Taipei |
33 |
3,224 |
11.4 |
| Mugla |
34 |
3,211 |
9.0 |
| San Francisco |
35 |
2,929 |
6.3 |
| Edirne |
36 |
2,912 |
9.7 |
| Toronto |
37 |
2,879 |
6.2 |
| Berlin |
38 |
2,872 |
2.6 |
| Seoul |
39 |
2,809 |
14.2 |
| Chennai |
40 |
2,785 |
18.0 |
| Guangzhou |
41 |
2,687 |
16.2 |
| Sydney |
42 |
2,61 |
0.3 |
| Budapest |
43 |
2,606 |
-3.9 |
| Denpasar |
44 |
2,6 |
6.1 |
| Sharm el Sheikh |
45 |
2,558 |
10.0 |
| Buenos Aires |
46 |
2,509 |
13.6 |
| St Petersburg |
47 |
2,5 |
7.8 |
| Warsaw |
48 |
2,45 |
5.6 |
| Damascus |
49 |
2,436 |
7.2 |
| Ho Chi Minh |
50 |
2,435 |
28.4 |
| Cancún |
51 |
2,434 |
3.8 |
| Delhi |
52 |
2,35 |
20.0 |
| Brussels |
53 |
2,235 |
-1.6 |
| Mumbai |
54 |
2,195 |
10.0 |
| Bucharest |
55 |
2,136 |
5.4 |
| Aleppo |
56 |
2,116 |
7.2 |
| Munich |
57 |
2,053 |
-1.3 |
| Marrakech |
58 |
2,028 |
6.1 |
| Mexico City |
59 |
2,028 |
3.8 |
| Jakarta |
60 |
2 |
6.4 |
| Vancouver |
61 |
1,951 |
0.0 |
| Auckland |
62 |
1,95 |
3.6 |
| Rio de Janeiro |
63 |
1,929 |
7.0 |
| Lima |
64 |
1,925 |
5.1 |
| Milan |
65 |
1,91 |
0.8 |
| Seattle |
66 |
1,893 |
-0.3 |
| Lisbon |
67 |
1,881 |
4.7 |
| East Province |
68 |
1,877 |
-11.2 |
| São Paulo |
69 |
1,825 |
4.5 |
| Agra |
70 |
1,813 |
18.5 |
| Jaipur |
71 |
1,777 |
18.5 |
| Johannesburg |
72 |
1,771 |
6.0 |
| Chiang Mai |
73 |
1,769 |
5.0 |
| Shenzhen |
74 |
1,749 |
19.5 |
| Christchurch |
75 |
1,744 |
1.3 |
| Hangzhou |
76 |
1,744 |
10.9 |
| Athens |
77 |
1,733 |
-7.0 |
| Venice |
78 |
1,695 |
1.7 |
| Florence |
79 |
1,69 |
0.3 |
| Honolulu |
80 |
1,666 |
5.1 |
| Abu Dhabi |
81 |
1,624 |
12.8 |
| Halong |
82 |
1,581 |
28.0 |
| Washington DC |
83 |
1,569 |
22.4 |
| Burgas |
84 |
1,535 |
-1.8 |
| Riyadh |
85 |
1,512 |
-12.1 |
| Varna |
86 |
1,501 |
-0.2 |
| Cape Town |
87 |
1,486 |
4.9 |
| Melbourne |
88 |
1,466 |
3.8 |
| Hurghada |
89 |
1,459 |
10.0 |
| Edinburgh |
90 |
1,404 |
6.0 |
| Minsk |
91 |
1,398 |
9.0 |
| Suzhou |
92 |
1,379 |
18.8 |
| Zurich |
93 |
1,378 |
23.1 |
| Sharjah |
94 |
1,335 |
3.4 |
| Kolkatta |
95 |
1,313 |
12.0 |
| Algiers |
96 |
1,312 |
5.8 |
| Chicago |
97 |
1,3 |
9.8 |
| Krabi |
98 |
1,291 |
5.5 |
| Queenstown |
99 |
1,265 |
3.5 |
| Manila |
100 |
1,25 |
25.6 |
Fuente: Euromonitor International