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.
AUSTRALIA – 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.
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 list mainly due to their high average visitor hotel spend.
The top 25 luxury travel destinations for 2017 are as follows;
|
Rank
|
Type
|
Destination
|
Country
|
Overall Rating
|
|
1
|
City
|
Paris
|
France
|
93.2
|
|
2
|
City
|
Dubai
|
UAE
|
84.0
|
|
3
|
Region
|
New York
|
USA
|
83.8
|
|
4
|
City
|
London
|
UK
|
83.6
|
|
5
|
City
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
80.2
|
|
6
|
City
|
Amsterdam
|
Netherlands
|
77.3
|
|
7
|
City
|
Rome
|
Italy
|
76.9
|
|
8
|
Region
|
Bali
|
Indonesia
|
76.7
|
|
9
|
City
|
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
75.2
|
|
10
|
Region
|
Hawaii
|
USA
|
74.8
|
|
11
|
Region
|
Maldives
|
Maldives
|
74.2
|
|
12
|
Region
|
Santorini
|
Greece
|
74.1
|
|
13
|
Region
|
Florida
|
USA
|
71.8
|
|
14
|
Region
|
Majorca
|
Spain
|
67.0
|
|
15
|
City
|
Cancun
|
Mexico
|
66.2
|
|
16
|
Region
|
Barcelona
|
Spain
|
65.6
|
|
17
|
City
|
Venice
|
Italy
|
65.5
|
|
18
|
Region
|
Amalfi Coast
|
Italy
|
64.4
|
|
19
|
City
|
Abu Dhabi
|
UAE
|
60.4
|
|
20
|
Region
|
Bahamas
|
Bahamas
|
60.0
|
|
21
|
City
|
Tokyo
|
Japan
|
59.8
|
|
22
|
City
|
Sydney
|
Australia
|
59.5
|
|
23
|
Region
|
Phuket
|
Thailand
|
59.3
|
|
24
|
City
|
Milan
|
Italy
|
59.0
|
|
25
|
City
|
Vienna
|
Austria
|
57.8
|
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