The 5 Most Visited Cities Of 2016

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Every year, MasterCard puts together its Global Destination Cities Index, which tracks airline ticket purchases, souvenir purchases and other travel spending data to figure out which cities are the most popular with tourists. Here’s how the 2016 list stacks up.

See the complete list of most visited cities in the world

1. Bangkok, Thailand

Number of overnight visitors: 21.47 million

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2. London, UK

Number of overnight visitors: 19.88 million

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3. Paris, France

Number of overnight visitors: 18.03 million

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4. Dubai, UAE

Number of overnight visitors: 15.27 million

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5. New York, NY

Number of overnight visitors: 12.75 million

See the rest of The Most Visited Cities of 2016 on CNTraveler.com

For Condé Nast Traveler, by CNT Editors.

09/28/2016 02:14 pm ET | the Huffington Post