Thailand Dominated The Most Popular Regional Travel Destination
The Thailand tourism industry has been defiantly strong despite challenges such as the Bangkok bombing at a busy central intersection last August which killed 20 and injured more than 120 people, reported Reuters.
Famous for delectable street food and maze-like shopping markets, Bangkok's tourists stayed a cumulative total of 107 million nights and spent $15.2 billion in 2015, according to the Destinations Index.
Phuket and Pattaya were also in the top ten most popular tourist spots, experiencing 15.5 percent and 10 percent year-on-year growth in 2015, respectively.
Singapore came in second in terms of most popular cities, although nowhere close to Bangkok's figures, with 11.8 million international overnight visitors.
Thailand dominated as the most popular regional travel destination last year, with three of its cities making the top ten in MasterCard's Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2015.
Bangkok was the most popular city by arrivals, total nights stayed and total amount spent, according to the MasterCard report based on findings sourced primarily from national tourism boards.
Famous for delectable street food and maze-like shopping markets, Bangkok's tourists stayed a cumulative total of 107 million nights and spent $15.2 billion in 2015, according to the Destinations Index.
Phuket and Pattaya were also in the top ten most popular tourist spots, experiencing 15.5 percent and 10 percent year-on-year growth in 2015, respectively.
Singapore came in second in terms of most popular cities, although nowhere close to Bangkok's figures, with 11.8 million international overnight visitors.
Thailand dominated as the most popular regional travel destination last year, with three of its cities making the top ten in MasterCard's Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2015.
Bangkok was the most popular city by arrivals, total nights stayed and total amount spent, according to the MasterCard report based on findings sourced primarily from national tourism boards.