Jerusalem to top international visitor growth as tourism booms
Euromonitor International says Hong Kong is still the world’s favourite city to visit, while Japan’s Osaka and Chiba and India’s Mumbai and Delhi are becoming major hotspots
Sydney — Jerusalem is poised to lead growth in inbound arrivals, making the Israeli city one of the world’s most popular travel destinations in a year in which Japan and India continued to lure visitors, Euromonitor International said.
Worldwide, inbound arrivals will probably increase 5% to reach 1.4-billion trips in 2018, according to the London-based market research company’s “Top 100 City Destinations” report, released Tuesday. Jerusalem will drive the expansion, with growth set to accelerate 38% to 4.8-million arrivals by the end of the year, after a 32% jump in 2017. The holy city is benefiting from “relative stability and a strong marketing push,” the report said. Arrivals to this year’s top-100 city destinations are poised to increase by 7.5% overall, with city hubs extending their importance for the global travel industry, said Wouter Geerts, a travel research consultant with Euromonitor. Asia continues to rise in the rankings, accounting for 41 out of this year’s top...
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