Most Visited Cities in the World as Ranked by MasterCard

There is a saying that tourism dollars are the best kind of dollars and Bangkok can testify to that after years of leading the World in the tourism industry.

As Kenya staggers around 4 to 4.5 million tourists every year, Bangkok convinces a whopping 20 million people to tour its country! This should come as a challenge to Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala. Kenyans too need to adopt a culture of saving and tour the World.

• Bangkok, Thailand — 20.2 million international visitors.

• London, UK — 20 million international visitors.

• Paris, France — 16.1 million international visitors.

• Dubai, UAE — 16 million international visitors.

• Singapore — 13.45 million international visitors.

• Tokyo, Japan — 12.5 million international visitors.

• Seoul, South Korea — 12.44 million international visitors.

• New York, USA — 12.4 million international visitors.

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 12.1 million international visitors.

• Hong Kong — 9.25 million international visitors.