Singapore is world's fifth most-visited city
It comes in behind Bangkok, London, Paris and Dubai in Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index, which ranks the Republic fourth in visitor expenditure
Nisha Ramchandani
Singapore
SINGAPORE overtook New York to become the fifth most-visited city in the world last year, and was ranked fourth worldwide for visitor spending in the 2017 Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index.
With 19.41 million visitors last year, Bangkok topped the list of 132 cities for the third year running; London and Paris took second and third place respectively, while Dubai pipped Singapore to emerge fourth.
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