Euromonitor International released its Top 100 City Destinations 2024 list. Paris, France, came out on top. The City of Love is again the dominant city destination in 2024, mainly due to tourist visits triggered by various sporting events organised throughout the year, including the Summer Olympics.
The capital of Bali province came in at 94th, just below Mecca, but far behind fellow Southeast Asia neighbours Singapore and Bangkok.
Paris was named the world’s best city destination for the fourth consecutive year in Euromonitor International’s Top 100 City Destinations Index, released on December 3, 2024. The index ranks cities worldwide based on a comparison of 55 metrics across six key pillars: economic and business performance, tourism performance, tourism infrastructure, tourism policy and attractiveness, health and safety, and sustainability.
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The 2024 report also revealed that global international arrivals increased by 19%, driven by strong tourism demand. Of all continents, Europe is the most popular region for travellers, reaching 793 million international visitors a year.
Euromonitor International ranked the cities based on an analysis of economic and business performance, tourism performance, tourism infrastructure, tourism policies and attractions, health and safety, and sustainability.
Here are the 100 best city destinations in the world 2024:
1. Paris
2. Madrid
3. Tokyo
4. Rome
5. Milan
6. New York
7. Amsterdam
8. Sydney
9. Singapore
10. Barcelona
11. Taipei
12. Seoul
13. London
14. Dubai
15. Berlin
16. Osaka
17. Bangkok
18. Los Angeles
19. Istanbul
20. Melbourne
21. Hong Kong
22. Munich
23. Las Vegas
24. Florence
25. Prague
26. Dublin
27. Kyoto
28. Vienna
29. Lisbon
30. Venice
31. Kuala Lumpur
32. Athens
33. Orlando
34. Toronto
35. Miami
36. San Francisco
37. Shanghai
38. Frankfurt am Main
39. Copenhagen
40. Zurich
41. Washington
42. Pattaya-Chonburi
43. Vancouver
44. Stockholm
45. Mexico City
46. Oslo
47. São Paulo
48. Phuket
49. Helsinki
50. Brussels
51. Budapest
52. Guangzhou
53. Nice
54. Palma de Mallorca
55. Honolulu
56. Beijing
57. Warsaw
58. Seville
59. Valencia
60. Shenzhen
61. Doha
62. Abu Dhabi
63. Antalya
64. Fukuoka
65. Sapporo
66. Busan
67. Macau
68. Edinburgh
69. Montreal
70. Cancún
71. Bologna
72. Rhodes
73. Verona
74. Delhi
75. Porto
76. Ho Chi Minh City
77. Buenos Aires
78. Marne-La-Vallée
79. Rio de Janeiro
80. Kraków
81. Heraklion
82. Johor Bahru
83. Hanoi
84. Tel Aviv
85. Sharjah
86. Thessaloniki
87. Lima
88. Medina
89. Tbilisi
90. Riyadh
91. Tallinn
92. Marrakesh
93. Mecca
94. Denpasar
95. Punta Cana
96. Santiago
97. Vilnius
98. Jerusalem
99. Zhuhai
100. Cairo
Denpasar, the Least Unemployed City
At the same time, Denpasar also received the title of the least unemployed city in Indonesia. As reported by GoodStats, Denpasar recorded an unemployed labour force of 2.11%, the lowest compared to other cities in Indonesia.
Strategic sectors such as tourism and services, which are recovering after the pandemic, are the foundation of this strong labour absorption.
The Bali Provincial Statistics Agency also released a report on the decline in the Open Unemployment Rate (TPT) in August 2024 with a figure of 1.79 per cent. This figure dropped significantly compared to the TPT in August 2023, which was recorded at 2.69%.
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