The most popular luxury travel destinations of 2017

19 December 2017 - Press Release

Paris, the global hub of art, fashion and culture, is the most popular destination for luxury travellers in 2017. A recent survey by luxury travel website, LuxuryHotelsGuides.com has found.

The survey is sourced on data from over 3 million visitors in 2017 (see methodology).

Dubai, New York, London and Singapore round out the top 5 destinations for luxury travellers according to the survey.

Besides Dubai, another city in the UAE, Abu Dhabi also made the list. The city has recently opened the Louvre and has a range of high end resorts and attractions under development.

Overall, three destinations in the US made the list, New York, Hawaii and Florida. Whilst two destinations in Spain (Majorca and Barcelona) were featured. London was the only UK city to be included.

Maldives and the Bahamas are also featured in the top 25 list mainly due to their high average visitor hotel spend.

The top 25 luxury travel destinations for 2017 are as follows;

Rank	Type	Destination	Country	Overall Rating
1	City	Paris	France	93.2
2	City	Dubai	UAE	84.0
3	Region	New York	USA	83.8
4	City	London	UK	83.6
5	City	Singapore	Singapore	80.2
6	City	Amsterdam	Netherlands	77.3
7	City	Rome	Italy	76.9
8	Region	Bali	Indonesia	76.7
9	City	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	75.2
10	Region	Hawaii	USA	74.8
11	Region	Maldives	Maldives	74.2
12	Region	Santorini	Greece	74.1
13	Region	Florida	USA	71.8
14	Region	Majorca	Spain	67.0
15	City	Cancun	Mexico	66.2
16	Region	Barcelona	Spain	65.6
17	City	Venice	Italy	65.5
18	Region	Amalfi Coast	Italy	64.4
19	City	Abu Dhabi	UAE	60.4
20	Region	Bahamas	Bahamas	60.0
21	City	Tokyo	Japan	59.8
22	City	Sydney	Australia	59.5
23	Region	Phuket	Thailand	59.3
24	City	Milan	Italy	59.0
25	City	Vienna	Austria	57.8

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About the Methodology:

The survey methodology combines both the overall popularity of each destination, from over 3 million visitors to the LuxuryHotelsGuides.com website in 2017 with the average transaction amount each traveller spends on their hotel. Results weighted towards popularity (60%), then average booking amount (40%). The higher the average spend per destination and the more visitors, the higher the destination appears.(see overall rating column above for results)

LuxuryHotelsGuides.com is an independent guide to luxury hotels worldwide. Comparing over 1 million properties from dozens of travel partners.

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