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right you are. still tremendous difference from one year to another. i dont think these surveys are very accurate certain cities got a third of tourists the did a year ago while others tripled
the numbers?hard to believe.
1.With China and India alone having nearly 3 billion people, I can see how Bangkok, a city close to both of these countries, can be a top destination for international tourists.
2.Further, there are several hundred million more foreigners within a few hours flight of the city.
3.International visitors to NYC is very impressive considering NYC over a 6 hour flight from even the nearest European city and over 10 to 15 hours (flight) from several South American and Asian countries.
1.What is close?
Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai, Pune, Harbin, Shenyang, Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing and Shanghai are all over a 4 hour flight from Bangkok, the most Eastern part of India and most Southern part of China is still 2+ hours from Bangkok.
2.What is within a few hours? for me that's 2 hours, that only leaves Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar (except 2 most Northern provinces), Peninsular Malaysia and the most Northern part of Indonesian island Sumatra... i count around 190 million people, not forget many of them live in poverty.
3.All South American destinations can be reached within 10 hours from NYC except the 2 most Southern provinces of Brazil, Uruguay and like 95% of Argentina and Chile.
Ushuaia, Argentina's most Southern city, only 13 hours and 40 mins. from NYC so i don't know where you get the 15 hours from.
3.All South American destinations can be reached within 10 hours from NYC except the 2 most Southern provinces of Brazil, Uruguay and like 95% of Argentina and Chile.
Ushuaia, Argentina's most Southern city, only 13 hours and 40 mins. from NYC so i don't know where you get the 15 hours from.
I guess the OP was including layovers. The overwhelming majority of NYC-Santiago flights include a layover in Atlanta, Miami or Panama City, so unless you want to pay for the 11h direct flight, it will take you around 15-18h with layover(s).
I agree with SouthCali's point -- Bangkok numbers are influenced by its location, that much is obvious. What is also obvious is that it isn't the only reason why it's at the top, otherwise Kuala Lumpur or HK would have the same numbers.
I guess the OP was including layovers. The overwhelming majority of NYC-Santiago flights include a layover in Atlanta, Miami or Panama City, so unless you want to pay for the 11h direct flight, it will take you around 15-18h with layover(s).
I agree with SouthCali's point -- Bangkok numbers are influenced by its location, that much is obvious. What is also obvious is that it isn't the only reason why it's at the top, otherwise Kuala Lumpur or HK would have the same numbers.
The same is even more said for Singapore. Every flight out of Changi International Airport is an international flight. The city is basicly the entire country.
I wonder how these numbers were affected (or not) by "international visitors" coming to work. This would pretty much just apply to Singapore and possibly Hong Kong, where lots of workers commute from across the border each day. I know lots of people from Johor Bahru, Malaysia work in Singapore and people from all over Southern China (mostly Shenzhen) work in HK. None of the other cities on the list lie on an international border with other large metropolitan areas close by.
Most likely workers traveling from Mainland/Macau to Hong Kong don't count, or tourists from China for that matter, since they're all considered PRC citizens. If they did count, HK's numbers likely would be astronomically far above any other country's. Singapore I'm not sure about, but they certainly don't count commuters every single day because that obviously would have inflated Singapore's numbers well beyond what's listed here.
Just noticed that this is "overnight" visitors. And then I clicked the link to hear the methodology and it sounds like they measured air travel alone. Anyway, not very certain how they produced these numbers, especially since their title claims to be for "2013" which isn't even halfway over and we haven't really reached travel season yet.
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