By 2025, tourists will move to Asia
Lonely Planet experts studied current trends in the tourism sector and the growth rate of tourist flows. 24 of the 25 cities projected to have a tourism boom by 2025 are in Asia.
According to experts, the leader of the tourism industry can be the capital Indonesia Jakarta – 3.6 million tourists arrived there in 2017, and is expected to double in 2025. The Indonesian island of Bali ranks second in the top, and is also still popular.
Most of the growth in demand will be India Experts also note that it includes most of the fast-growing tourist centers of our time. Among them are Jaipur, which occupies the third position in the ranking, Chennai, Agra and Delhi, which are located at the end of the top ten.
As for the only non-Asian city, it is also “eastern” – Cairo is in fourth place. In fifth place is Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). The top ten included Phuket (Thailand) and Siem Reap (Cambodia).