Macau sixth most visited city in world

2017/2/2

The MSAR is the sixth most visited city in the world, according to the 2017 ranking created by market research company Euromonitor International. The research result also shows that the annual number of tourists had declined some 1.8 per cent from 2014 to 2015. This varies slightly from the local Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), which posted a 2.6 per cent year-on-year drop in tourism numbers in 2015, with 30.7 million tourists visiting the MSAR that year.
Neighbouring SAR Hong Kong topped the list of most visited cities. Following Hong Kong are Bangkok, London, Singapore and Paris, as the five most visited cities in the world. The research company points out that the large number of Chinese tourists (which made up 68 per cent of same-day visitors and 65 per cent of overnight visitors in the MSAR in 2015) contributed primarily to the number of arrivals in both SARs.
Euromonitor further explained that the Chinese authorities’ crackdown on corruption and illegal activities at gaming tables helped drive the 1.8 per cent decrease in arrival numbers.

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