Shanghai third fastest growing tourist destination in the world

Hold onto your bum bags and practise your best I-don't-need-to-buy-a-watch poker face: looks like Nanjing Dong Lu is about to get a lot more crowded. Shanghai was just ranked the third fastest growing tourism destination in the world – just behind Chongqing and Guangzhou – according to the World Travel and Tourism Council. 

Asian cities took the top ten spots in the rankings this year, mostly due to continued rapid growth in domestic tourism. Shanghai's industry grew by 12.8 percent this year, while Chongqing's grew by a whopping 14 percent – although only about 10 percent of Chongqing's tourists came from overseas, compared to more than 20 percent who came from abroad to Shanghai. In addition, Shanghai still has the largest GDP tourism contribution in the world, with a whopping 30 billion USD injected into the local economy annually.

Here is the full list of tourism cities that are expected to grow the most in the next decade:

1. Chongqing

2. Guangzhou

3. Shanghai

4. Beijing

5. Chengdu

6. Manila

7. Delhi

8. Shenzhen

9. Kuala Lumpur

10. Jakarta

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