London - Hong Kong has become the most visited city in the world, followed by London, according to a survey by Euromonitor, the research group.
The figures are for international tourist arrivals, so this is not people changing planes.
The numbers are for 2014 and in that year 17.4 million people went to London, compared with 27.8 million visitors to Hong Kong.
In third place was Singapore, with 17.1 million, followed by Bangkok (16.2 million), and Paris (15 million) – though that Paris figure seems not to include the two million who go to Marne-la-Vallée, home of Disneyland Paris, so the Paris region is very much snapping at London’s heels.
The Independent on Sunday