BANGKOK, 30 June 2011 (NNT) – The MasterCard Worldwide Index of Global Destination Cities 2011 has ranked Bangkok world’s 3rd Global Destination City with an estimation of 11.5 million visitors to the capital city of Thailand this year. London tops the list at 20.1 million visitors followed by Paris with 18.1 million tourists.

As for the highest spending rate, London still tops the chart with tourists spending over 786 billion THB, followed by New York at 609 billion THB, Paris 438 Billion THB, Bangkok 432 billion THB and Frankfurt 420 billion THB.

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