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Asia 
Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asia · Thailand★ 4.8
Routinely the world's most-visited city, glittering temples, street food and rooftop bars at every budget.
Visitors~22M/yr
RegionSE Asia
Best forFood
The destinations topping the arrivals charts, and how to enjoy them despite the crowds. Ranked by international visitors, with the smart way to see each.
Popular for a reason, but only if you play it right. We ranked the world’s most-visited cities and paired each with the timing and tactics that keep the crowds from winning.
Asia Routinely the world's most-visited city, glittering temples, street food and rooftop bars at every budget.
Europe The perennial icon. Go in shoulder season and book the big museums online to skip the worst of the lines.
Europe World-class (and often free) museums, parks and theatre. A city best seen on foot, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Middle East Record towers, desert and beach in one stop. Visit November–March, before the summer heat takes over.
Asia Hawker food, futuristic gardens and spotless transit, the easiest possible first stop in Asia.
Asia The Petronas Towers, street food and easy day trips, one of Asia’s best-value city stops.
Americas The icons everyone knows, plus the neighborhoods that reward anyone who walks past them.
Eurasia Where Europe meets Asia, domes, bazaars and a ferry ride between two continents.
Asia Endlessly deep and famously smooth, the world’s great megacity rewards every return visit.
Europe Turkey’s turquoise-coast resort hub, beaches, ruins and an old harbor town.
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