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Ranked by 2002 Reader Polls in Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast

  1 Sydney, Australia (1,2)
  2 San Francisco, Calif (6,1)
  3 New York City, NY (4,3)
  4 Florence, Italy (2,5)
  5 Rome, Italy (5,4)
  6 Bangkok, Thailand (3,9)
  7 Paris, France (7,7)
  8 Venice, Italy (8,11)
  9 Chicago, Illinois (17,8)
10 Charleston, SC (30,6)
11 Vancouver, BC (15,12)
12 Vienna, Austria (14,15)
13 Santa Fe, NM (18,14)
14 Victoria, BC (29,13)
15 London, Great Britain (9,)
16 Quebec City, Quebec (,10)
17 Hong Kong, China (10,)
18 Istanbul, Turkey
19 Melbourne, Australia
20 New Orleans, LA (,16)
21 Kyoto, Japan
22 Boston, MA (,17)
23 Cape Town, South Africa
24 Jerusalem, Israel
25 Madrid, Spain
26 Barcelona, Spain
27 Prague, Czech Republic
28 Fez, Morocco
29 Buenos Aires, Argentina
30 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
31 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
32 Singapore, Singapore
33 Queenstown, NZ
34 Christchurch, NZ
35 Marrakesh, Morocco
36 Mexico City, Mexico
37 Auckland, Auckland
38 Honolulu, Hawaii
39 Beijing, China
40 Beirut, Lebanon
41 Wash. D.C., DC
42 Cuernavaca, Mexico
43 Carmel, CA
44 Montreal, Quebec
Rank (Travel+Leisure, Conde Nast)

See: Europe Cities (Best Times to go)


Countries
world-tourism.org
Top Tourist Destinations
  Arrivals (M) 
Rank Cntry 2000 2001 Market Share
1 France 75.6 76.5 11%
2 Spain 47.9 49.5 7.1
3 United States 50.9 45.5 6.6
4 Italy 41.2 39 5.6
5 China 31.2 33.2 4.8
6 United Kingdom 25.2 23.4 3.4
7 Russian Fedr. 21.2 -
  Arrivals (M) 
Rank Cntry 2000 2001 Market Share
8 Mexico 20.6 19.8 2.9
9 Canada 19.7 19.7 2.8
10 Austria 18 18.2 2.6
11 Germany 19 17.9 2.6
12 Hungary 15.6 15.3 2.2
13 Poland 17.4 15 2.2
14 Hong Kong 13.1 13.7 2
15 Greece 13.1 -

Largest Urban Areas
CityPopulation
(Millions)
a/o Jan. 2000
Tokyo26.4Lagos, Nigeria13.4
Mexico City18.1Los Angeles13.1
Bombay18.1Shanghai12.9
Sao Paulo17.8Calcutta12.9
New York16.6Buenos Aires12.1
Source: United Nations
Virtually all population growth from now until 2030 will be concentrated in the urban areas of the world. By 2007, the number of urban dwellers is also expected to exceed the number of rural dwellers for the first time in history.

See: Ancient Cities List


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last updated 21 Nov 2002