Top of the list again, and due largely to domestic visits from mainland China, is Hong Kong.

A huge 26.6 million people spent at least one night visiting the city last year - a long way ahead of second-placed Bangkok with 21.2 million.

Breaking up Asia's dominance in the top half of the list is London, which hosted 19.2 million tourists.

This post originally appeared on the blog of data firm Statista and is republished here with permission.