泰國曼谷成爲亞太地區最受歡迎的旅遊勝地

Bangkok, Singapore and Tokyo have been ranked as the top three most popular destinations in the Asia-Pacific region for international tourists, according to the results of the inaugural MasterCard Asia Pacific Destinations Index released here on Wednesday.

根據週三發佈的"萬事達卡亞太旅行目的地指數"顯示，曼谷、新加坡和日本東京是亞太地區最受國際遊客歡迎旅遊目的地榜單中的前三位。

The MasterCard Asia Pacific Destinations Index polls 167 destinations, including island resorts as well as towns and cities across the region. These 167 destinations represent 90.1 percent of all international overnight arrivals within the region.

這項"萬事達卡亞太旅行目的地指數"是對亞太地區包括島嶼度假村、城鎮和城市在內的167個旅遊目的地進行調查後得出的。而到訪這167個目的地的國際遊客佔亞太地區國際遊客總人數的90.1%。

According to the index, Thailand's capital city Bangkok topped the survey, with international overnight visitors breaking the 20 million mark for the first time last year. Thailand also dominated the top 10 destinations, taking three of the top 10 rankings, with Phuket securing fifth place and the coastal city of Pattaya coming in at eighth place.

根據該指數，泰國首都曼谷位居該榜單的首位，去年入境並停留至少一晚的國際遊客突破2000萬人次。此外，泰國共有3個目的地擠進該榜單的前十名。普吉島位居第五名，而芭堤雅則位居第八名。

Following Bangkok is Singapore and Tokyo, which both welcomed 11.8 million international overnight visitors last year. Other top 10 cities include Seoul, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Bali and Osaka.

緊隨曼谷之後的就是新加坡與東京，這兩個旅遊目的地去年均接待國際遊客約1180萬人次。前十名的城市還包括首爾、香港、吉隆坡、巴厘島和大阪。

Chinese tourists have become the tower of strength in the growth of international tourists for the Asia Pacific region, which contributed to about one-third of the total growth in number of tourists from 2009 to 2015, at least five times higher than that from the second country, South Korea, according to Matthew Driver, Group Executive, Global Products and Solutions, Asia Pacific of MasterCard.

據萬事達卡亞太區全球產品及解決方案總監馬修·德賴弗介紹，中國遊客已成爲亞太地區國際遊客增長的主要來源。在2009年至2015年間，新增的國際遊客中有三分之一來自中國，人數是排名第二位的韓國遊客的5倍以上。