Paris, the global hub of art, fashion and culture, is the most popular destination for luxury travelers in 2017, a recent survey has found. The survey is sourced on data from over 3 million visitors in 2017.
Dubai is the second most popular luxury travel destination of 2017.
Dubai, New York, London and Singapore round out the top 5 destinations for luxury travelers according to the survey.
Besides Dubai, another city in the UAE, Abu Dhabi also made the list. The city has recently opened the Louvre and has a range of high end resorts and attractions under development.
Overall, three destinations in the US made the list, New York, Hawaii and Florida. Whilst two destinations in Spain (Majorca and Barcelona) were featured. London was the only UK city to be included.
Maldives and the Bahamas are also featured in the top 25 mainly due to their high average visitor hotel spend.
The top 25 luxury travel destinations for 2017 are as follows:
Rank Type Destination Country
1 City Paris
France
2 City Dubai
UAE
3 Region New York
USA
4 City London
UK
5 City Singapore
Singapore
6 City Amsterdam
Netherlands
7 City Rome
Italy
8 Region Bali Indonesia
9 City Hong Kong
Hong Kong
10 Region Hawaii USA
11 Region Maldives Maldives
12 Region Santorini Greece
13 Region Florida USA
14 Region Majorca Spain
15 City Cancun Mexico
16 Region Barcelona Spain
17 City Venice Italy
18 Region Amalfi Coast Italy
19 City Abu Dhabi UAE
20 Region Bahamas Bahamas
21 City Tokyo Japan
22 City Sydney Australia
23 Region Bahamas Bahamas
24 City Milan Italy
25 City Vienna Austria
