The 10 most visited cities around the world in 2016

• Alison Millington
 

• Dec. 19, 2016, 4:52 AM
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London will be the second most visited city in 2016.Flickr/August Brill

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:

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10) Seoul, South Korea - 10.20 million international visitors

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9) Tokyo, Japan - 11.70 million international visitors

Flickr/Yoshikazu TAKADA

8) Istanbul, Turkey - 11.95 million international visitors

Flickr/Harold Litwiler

7) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 12.02 million international visitors

Flickr/i.gunawan

6) Singapore - 12.11 million international visitors

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

Flickr/Kolitha de Silva

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

Flickr/Rob Oo

3) Paris, France - 18.03 million international visitors

Flickr/Moyan Brenn

2) London, England - 19.88 million international visitors

Flickr/Adrian Snood

1) Bangkok, Thailand - 21.47 million international visitors

Flickr/Mike Behnken

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