World's top tourist destinations

[protest]

well in india peoples civic sense such as spitting on walls in public places in mumbai and lack of hyginic enimities stray tourist of. This puts negative impression on tourists. As I am currently in Mumbai I can see how people drive, they dont value human life and traffic rules are a joke and people spitting on train station is just too much. Even for tourists.
So I blame citizens of India for making india dirty

I agree. GOI should take initiative in educating masses about Hygiene through social media and television. I remember back in the days when we only had Doordarshan (state television) there were few successful campaigns. "Family planning" ads come to mind. We do have measures but we lack controls to implement them. Indian police force is too small and corrupt for our huge country. IMO, that's where you take the first step.

 

[Ottoman-Turk]

What the hell they doing in france other than looking at a ugly steel building , or UK other than a clock , germany is there probably as people go for the autobahn's , i can understand all other countries but these countries i mentioned ive seen , went to best parts of it and still rubbish

 

[shuttler]

Worlds top tourist destination by numbers (2010)
1: France 76.8 million
2: USA 59.7 million
3: China 55.7 million
4: Spain 52,7 million
5: Italy 43.6 million
6: UK 28.1 million
7: Turkey 27.0 million
8: Germany 26.9 million
9: Malaysia 24.6 million
10: Mexico 22,4 million

India needs to do some nice ads in Europe, i'm sure you can attract tourists that way.

Most-visited cities by international tourist arrivals (in millions)
1 Paris France 15.2
2 London United Kingdom 14.7
3 Antalya Turkey 10.5
4 New York City 9.7
5 Dubai United Arab Emirates 9.3
6 Singapore Singapore 9.2 2010
7 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 9.0
8 Hong Kong Hong Kong 8.4
9 Istanbul Turkey 8.1
10 Bangkok Thailand 7.2

Woop woop! 2 turkish cities in top ten

8 Hong Kong, China

 

[buddyboyyash]

8 Hong Kong, China

the one thing i love in hong kong is the hsbc bank headquarters...

 

[Zulkarneyn]

8 Hong Kong, China

corrected

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

If we want to be really pedantic, then we are actually called "Hong Kong (SAR), China".

But it's not a big deal, anything is fine really.

 

[JohnyD]

The numbers reveal that the cost of tourism in India is very high.

unfortunate but its true!

 

[livingdead]

The biggest tourist attraction will be the live suicide attack by taliban

That was really uncalled for.
On topic: we should improve our infrastructure and be more tourism friendly. Tourists who come now are the brave ones, we should be able to invite ordinary family tourists.

 

[JohnyD]

except couple of comments, its good to see that people in this thread are talking their hearts and keeping high standard..keep it up guys

As a tourist, in my life I would like to visit Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Israel...But before that I want to explore most parts of India....I ve been to London, I dont know except cool weather and london tube what is big thing that it makes this city top tourist destination place, same applies to Paris.....But yes, I like London

 

[Ottoman-Turk]

YOU LIKE LONDON BECAUSE OF THE TUBE? what you like about London

 

[Abingdonboy]

except couple of comments, its good to see that people in this thread are talking their hearts and keeping high standard..keep it up guys

As a tourist, in my life I would like to visit Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Israel...But before that I want to explore most parts of India....I ve been to London, I dont know except cool weather and london tube what is big thing that it makes this city top tourist destination place, same applies to Paris.....But yes, I like London

I'm sorry but the tube is a horrible place- crowded, old, poorly maintained, hot, humid, unsafe etc etc not tourist hot spot in itself I would've thought. Isn't the Delhi Metro larger now/or will be? And looks way nicer/cleaner.

 

[Hyperion]

Number one is Turkiye!

Awesome Turkish towns / cities

1. Antalya
2. Alanya
3. Kemer
4. Side
5. Fethiye
6. Marmaris
7. Bodrum
8. Kusadasi
9. Istanbul
10. A tie between loads of places.

The only thing nice about London is Apple store in Oxford Street

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Oh look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






































We are nowhere on the list......

 

[Hyperion]

Oh look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are nowhere on the list......

We've some amazing places in the North, however, they at the moment are infested with A-Rabs & Co. Hence not a nice place to visit, unless you don't appreciate your own life (neck)

 

[fly2012]

Places like London and New York probably got a lot of business people and they become part time travellers so they count.

Both India and China still have a lot of potentials, current problem of these two countries:

China: Language (huge problem for foreigners), advertisement - Most foreigners visit places like Beijing, Xian, Yangshuo etc. And only few actually visit the most beautiful places in China like Northern xinjiang, jiuzhaigou valley etc. Maybe government want to restrict tourism to protect the ecological system?

India: Hotels and infrastructures. Major hotels are unbelievably expensive in Indian cities. My friend who visisted Delhi/Agra from Tokyo got shocked. I once read a blog by an Indian business man living in China discussing how this actually curb the business activities. Infrastructure is another headache for western visitors. If all these are fixed, India should be in top 3 easily with better language environment and the diversity of attractions it can offer.

We've some amazing places in the North, however, they at the moment are infested with A-Rabs & Co. Hence not a nice place to visit, unless you don't appreciate your own life (neck)

Is Lahore having this problem at all? A bit surprised.