According to the report, London is projected to host 18.7 million international visitors in 2014 – 300,000 more visitors than the 2013 top destination city Bangkok.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: “With nearly nineteen million visitors this year, London is the world’s favourite place to visit. Our city perfectly combines history, heritage, arts and culture, not to mention vast amounts of green space and major events that are the envy of the planet.”
Now in its fourth year, the index provides a ranking of the 132 most travelled cities from around the world.
Europe boasts two of the top five cities, London and Paris, with Bangkok, Singapore, and Dubai making up the global top five.
In 2013, according to the Office of National Statistics International Passenger Survey, London welcomed over 16 million international visitors in one year for the first time in history.
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