The 10 Most Visited Cities Around The World In 2016

In September Mastercard released its Global Destination Cities Index, which provides a ranking of the 132 most visited cities around the world.

The study, now in its seventh year measured the number of international overnight visitors to assess which cities were the most popular.

From the AsiaPacific region to Europe to the Middle East and Africa, here are the 10 cities set to see the most visitors this year:

10) Seoul, South Korea - 10.20 million international visitors 

Downtown Seoul illuminated (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

9) Tokyo, Japan - 11.70 million international visitors 

8) Istanbul, Turkey - 11.95 million international visitors 

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7) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 12.02 million international visitors 

(Reuters)

6) Singapore - 12.11 million international visitors 

5) New York City, USA - 12.75 million international visitors 

Downtown Manhattan and the One World Trade building are seen from the observation level of the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York

4) Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 15.27 million international visitors 

3) Paris, France - 18.03 million international visitors 

2) London, England - 19.88 million international visitors 

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1) Bangkok, Thailand - 21.47 million international visitors

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