NEW YORK — Paris, the global hub of art, fashion and culture, is the most popular destination for luxury travellers in 2017. A recent survey by luxury travel website, LuxuryHotelsGuides.com has found.
The survey is sourced on data from over 3 million visitors in 2017 (see methodology).
Dubai, New York, London and Singapore round out the top 5 destinations for luxury travellers 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 |
France |
|
|
2 |
City |
UAE |
|
|
3 |
Region |
USA |
|
|
4 |
City |
UK |
|
|
5 |
City |
Singapore |
|
|
6 |
City |
Netherlands |
|
|
7 |
City |
Italy |
|
|
8 |
Region |
Bali |
Indonesia |
|
9 |
City |
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 |
Phuket |
Thailand |
|
24 |
City |
Milan |
Italy |
|
25 |
City |
Vienna |
Austria |
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About the Methodology:
The survey methodology combines both the overall popularity of each destination, from over 3 million visitors to the LuxuryHotelsGuides.com website in 2017 with the average transaction amount each traveller spends on their hotel. Results weighted towards popularity (60%), then average booking amount (40%). The higher the average spend per destination and the more visitors, the higher the destination appears.
LuxuryHotelsGuides.com is an independent guide to luxury hotels worldwide. Comparing over 1 million properties from dozens of travel partners.
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SOURCE LuxuryHotelsGuides.com
