World’s top 100 cities revealed — Los Angeles and Orlando climb the rankings

What’s la plus belle metropolis of all the world, engaging greater than 18 million guests in 2025 alone?

Paris has simply been named the most tasty metropolis in the world for the fifth time in a row. The French capital has as soon as once more comfortably taken No. 1 spot in the Top 100 City Destinations Index by information analytics firm Euromonitor International.

This was one other growth yr for guests to the City of Light, because of the newly reopened Notre Dame and the inflow of soccer followers coming to see the trophy after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) gained the Champions League title for the first time.

The metropolis was greater than ready, because of its tourism coverage and infrastructure, the report mentioned.

The index appears at main cities from round the world and ranks them on standards together with tourism, sustainability, financial efficiency and well being and security.

Once once more, Europe dominates the 2025 rankings with six cities in the top 10. Madrid is at No. 2, Rome and Milan are at No. 4 and No. 5, Amsterdam is at No. 7 and Barcelona has climbed two locations at No. 8.

London, which final yr dropped out of the top 10 to No. 13, has continued its downward trajectory. It’s now at No. 18 on the checklist, between Hong Kong at No. 17 and Kyoto at No. 19.

While London ranked No. 4 globally for tourism infrastructure, it lagged in tourism coverage, well being and security, and sustainability.

Asia-Pacific carried out effectively, with Tokyo at No. 3, Singapore at No. 9 and Seoul climbing as much as No. 10. Tokyo was additionally No. 3 in the world for tourism infrastructure, a place the metropolis is cementing with massive investments in its Narita International Airport. Plans embrace a 3rd runway and the extension of the second, which is anticipated to double passenger capability by 2039.

New York, as soon as once more rating at No. 6, is the solely American metropolis in the top 10. Los Angeles, which has climbed 5 locations to No. 13, is the subsequent highest. Orlando, Florida, led the world for tourism efficiency, with sturdy home journey at the coronary heart of that. This was fueled by the opening of the Epic Universe theme park at Universal Orlando Resort in May 2025, in addition to massive upgrades at Sea World and Disney World. Orlando additionally hosted six FIFA Club World Cup matches this yr.

Bangkok is as soon as once more the top metropolis for tourism coverage and attractiveness and as soon as once more the No.1 metropolis worldwide in 2025 for worldwide arrivals. Euromonitor International estimates a whopping 30.3 million worldwide journeys there in 2025.

Hong Kong is at No. 2 for worldwide arrivals, with 23.2 million estimated journeys. London is at No. 3, with 22.7 million, and Macao (the playing sizzling spot dubbed the “Chinese Vegas”) is at No. 4, with 20.4 million.

Euromonitor International notes a number of developments for 2025. To sort out the drawback of overtourism, cities are reframing their tourism methods to deal with worth, not quantity. That means concentrating on guests who keep longer, spend extra and interact extra responsibly with the native atmosphere and tradition.

“Rising security concerns, growing tourism flows, overtourism and inflationary pressures” are behind the resolution by a number of locations to revise entry charges and velocity up the adoption of digital journey authorization techniques, says Euromonitor International, which is able to affect the long-term tourism attraction of cities.

In 2025, the UK and the US each raised their fees, whereas the EU is getting ready to introduce its European Travel Authorization System subsequent yr with a bumped-up fee. Japan can also be contemplating a set of adjustments, together with increased visa charges and a brand new digital journey authorization system, which may launch by 2028.