曼谷超越伦敦成全球第一大旅游目的地

Bangkok has emerged as the world's top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to descend in Thailand's capital city this year, according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday.
据万事达卡(MasterCard)周一发布的年度全球旅游目的地城市指数(Global Destination Cities Index)显示，泰国首都曼谷成为世界第一大旅游目的地，预计今年将迎来1,598万游客。这已是万事达卡连续第三年发布该指数。

Based on data MasterCard collected from governments, central banks, related public agencies and airlines so far this year, the projection for the entire year says Bangkok is surpassing London, the previous holder of the top place, by a very narrow margin.
万事达卡基于今年年初至今从各国政府、央行、相关公共部门和航空公司收集的数据做出了对全年的预测。预测显示，曼谷将以极微弱的优势超过上年的冠军伦敦夺得第一名。

Monday's report marked the first time any Asian city has been projected to be the top-ranked tourist destination. London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013, and Paris, third, with 13.92 million visitors. MasterCard looked at 132 cities.
周一发布的报告是首次预测亚洲城市成为世界第一大旅游目的地。伦敦排在第二，预计2013年游客数量将达1,596万；巴黎排在第三，游客1,392万。万事达卡对132个城市进行了排名。

Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four, with 11.75 million visitors; Kuala Lumpur at number eight, with 9.2 million visitors; Hong Kong at number nine, with 8.72 million visitors; Seoul at number 11, with 8.19 million visitors; Shanghai at number 14, with 6.5 million visitors, Tokyo at number 16, with 5.8 million visitors, and Taipei, with 5.19 million visitors.
跻身2013年全球20大旅游城市的其他亚洲城市包括新加坡（第四），游客1,175万；吉隆坡（第八），游客920万；香港（第九），游客872万；首尔（第11），游客819万；上海（第14），游客650万；东京（第16），游客580万；台北，519万。