Global tourist cities by number of arrivals per inhabitant 2015

In 2015, Dubai was the city with the highest number of tourists staying at least one night per capita. That same year, international overnight visitor spending in Dubai reached 28.5 billion US dollars. The city, which is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, was also one of the most expensive holiday destinations in the world in 2018. In 2016, 14.87 million people visited Dubai from abroad. Europe and Asia: top destinations According to the source, most of the 20 tourist cities with the highest number of visitor arrivals per capita were Asian or European cities. After Dubai, Amsterdam and Prague were the second and third cities with the greatest number of tourists spending at least one night per capita. With respectively, 2.7 and 2.5 visitors per capita, the two European cities were followed by another one: London. Singapore, ranked fifth with 2.1 visitors per capita, was the first Asian city in the list. Thus, New-York the first North American city of this ranking was 17th. It appears that Europe remains one of the most popular tourist destinations. Asia was also a very attractive destinations for international visitors with Hong-Kong being the leading city destination in 2017. Focus on tourism in Europe Since the nineties, the number of international tourist arrivals in Europe keeps increasing. France is the European country with the largest number of international visitors’ arrivals, while Spain and Italy are also two of the leading tourist destinations on the continent. Travel and tourism have an important contribution to GDP in Europe, reaching 781.6 billion US dollar and 2018 and expected to attain 991.4 billion in 2028.

2015年，迪拜成为人均过夜游客数量最多的城市。同年，迪拜的国际过夜游客消费额高达285亿美元。作为阿拉伯联合酋长国最大且人口最多的城市，迪拜在2018年亦位居全球最昂贵的度假胜地之一。2016年，来自海外的1477万人次游客访问了迪拜。欧洲与亚洲：旅游胜地之首据资料来源，在人均游客到访数量最多的前20个旅游城市中，大部分为亚洲或欧洲城市。迪拜之后，阿姆斯特丹和布拉格分别位居第二和第三，其人均游客过夜消费量分别为2.7和2.5。紧随其后的是伦敦。新加坡以人均2.1的游客数量排名第五，成为该榜单上首位亚洲城市。因此，纽约作为该排名中首位北美洲城市，位列第17。显然，欧洲依然是最受欢迎的旅游目的地之一。亚洲对于国际游客同样极具吸引力，其中香港在2017年成为最受欢迎的城市目的地。关注欧洲旅游业自20世纪90年代以来，欧洲的国际游客到访数量持续增长。法国是欧洲国际游客到访数量最多的国家，而西班牙和意大利也是该大陆上两大主要的旅游目的地。旅游业对欧洲GDP的贡献至关重要，2018年达到7816亿美元，预计到2028年将达到9914亿美元。