Which of these is your favourite great city?

[damkira]

kowenicki said:

Top 22 most visited cities by estimated number of international visitors by selected year
City Country International
visitors
(millions) Year/Notes
Paris France 15.6 2007 (Excluding extra-muros visitors)[13]
London United Kingdom 14.8 2008[14]
Bangkok Thailand 10.84 2007 (External study estimation)[15]
Singapore Singapore 10.1 2008[16]
New York City United States 9.5 2008[17]
Hong Kong China 7.94 2008 (excluding Mainland China)[18]
Istanbul Turkey 7.05 2008[19]
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6.9 2007[20]
Shanghai China 6.66 2007[21]
Rome Italy 6.12 2007 (External study estimation)[15]
Tokyo Japan 5.34 2008[22]
Seoul South Korea 4.99 2007 (External study estimation)[15]
Barcelona Spain 4.72 2008[23]
Madrid Spain 4.64 2008[24]
Mecca Saudi Arabia 4.5 2007[25]
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 4.4 2007 (External study estimation)[15]
Beijing China 4.4 2007[26]
Moscow Russia 4.1 2008[27]
Prague Czech Republic 4.1 2008[28]
Athens Greece 3.87 2007[29]
Amsterdam Netherlands 3.66 2008[30]
Vienna Austria 3.53 2008[31]

Of your poll... London and New York are my favourites. Not that I have ever been to Moscow or Tokyo.

Wow.. I would have thought Mecca would have been much higher.. Do you have a source article for this? It would be very interesting to read.