A record seven million tourists will sleep in Prague this year. He spends almost four thousand a day
The number of foreign visitors who will spend at least one night in Prague should reach a record 7.1 million this year. Compared to last year, this would mean an increase of 6.4 percent. This is according to the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index. In 2018, Prague finished in 28th place in the world rankings.
Bangkok is still the most visited city in the world, with 22.8 million people spending at least one night last year. Paris finished second with 19.1 million, closely followed by London. London, Paris and Bangkok have held the top three in a different order since 2010. Bangkok topped the top spot ladder occupied six times in the last seven years.
Last year, all cities in the top ten managed to attract more overnight visitors from abroad than a year earlier, confirmed London, which saw a decline of almost four percent. The assumption for 2019 indicates a general increase in traffic, with the most significant growth expected in Tokyo.
The case writes, according to US averages, spending in first place in the Dubai rankings, where you expect an average to spend $ 533 ($ 13,056) a day. The second place was defended by Mecca, which was among the top ten cities in the ranking for the first time. Bangkok then closes the first three. Visitors to Prague spent an average of $ 162 a day, in terms of 3,825 crowns.
Most visited cities in 2018:
Number of overnight foreign visitors in 2018 | Growth expectations in 2019 | Average length of stay | Average daily route (in CZK) | |
1. Bangkok | 22.78 million | 3.34% | 4.8 nights | 4344 |
2. Paris | 19.10 million | 2.24% | 2.5 nights | 6989 |
3. London | 19.09 million | 3.47% | 5.8 nights | 3494 |
4. Dubai | 15.93 million | 1.68% | 3.5 nights | 13 056 |
5. Singapore | 14.67 million | 4.00% | 4.2 nights | 6422 |
6. Kuala Lumpur | 13.79 million | 9.87% | 5.7 nights | 3353 |
7. New York | 13.60 million | 2.94% | 7.9 nights | 3589 |
8. Istanbul | 13.40 million | 8.14% | 5.8 nights | 2503 |
9. Tokyo | 12.93 million | 10.02% | 5.4 nights | 4628 |
10. Antalya | 12.41 million | 8.14% | 14 nights | 1039 |
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28. Prague | 6.67 million | 6.42% | 2.4 nights | 3825 |
The exchange rate of CZK 23.61 / USD was used for the conversion.
Source: Mastercard
The Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index ranks 200 world cities according to the total number of overnight visitors abroad and their spending in individual destinations. In addition to data for 2018, the ranking contains estimates of the development of the number of visitors and their spending for the next year.
Publicly available data for each of the 200 destinations included in the ranking are used to determine the number of overnight visitors and their spending.