泰國曼谷成為亞太地區最受歡迎的旅遊勝地

　　Bangkok, Singapore and Tokyo have been ranked asthe top three most popular destinations in the Asia-Pacific region for international tourists, according tothe results of the inaugural MasterCard Asia PacificDestinations Index released here on Wednesday.

　　依據周三宣布的"萬事達卡亞太旅遊目標地指數"表現，曼谷、新加坡和日本東京是亞太地域最受國際旅客迎接旅行目標地榜單中的前三位。

　　The MasterCard Asia Pacific Destinations Index polls167 destinations, including island resorts as well astowns and cities across the region. These 167destinations represent 90.1 percent of all international overnight arrivals within the region.

　　這項"萬事達卡亞太旅遊目標地指數"是對亞太地域包含島嶼度假村落、城鎮和都會在內的167個旅行目標地舉行查詢拜訪後得出的。而到訪這167個目標地的國際旅客占亞太地域國際旅客總人數的90.1%。

　　According to the index, Thailand's capital city Bangkok topped the survey, with internationalovernight visitors breaking the 20 million mark for the first time last year. Thailand alsodominated the top 10 destinations, taking three of the top 10 rankings, with Phuket securingfifth place and the coastal city of Pattaya coming in at eighth place.

　　依據該指數，泰國都城曼谷位居該榜單的首位，客歲入境並逗留最少一晚的國際旅客沖破2000萬人次。別的，泰國共有3個目標地擠進該榜單的前十名。普吉島位居第五名，而芭堤雅則位居第八名。

　　Following Bangkok is Singapore and Tokyo, which both welcomed 11.8 million internationalovernight visitors last year. Other top 10 cities include Seoul, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Baliand Osaka.

　　緊隨曼谷以後的便是新加坡與東京，這兩個旅行目標地客歲均招待國際旅客約1180萬人次。前十名的都會還包含首爾、香港、吉隆坡、巴厘島和大阪。

　　Chinese tourists have become the tower of strength in the growth of international tourists forthe Asia Pacific region, which contributed to about one-third of the total growth in number oftourists from 2009 to 2015, at least five times higher than that from the second country,South Korea, according to Matthew Driver, Group Executive, Global Products and Solutions,Asia Pacific of MasterCard.

　　據萬事達卡亞太區環球產物及辦理計劃總監馬修·德賴弗先容，中國旅客已成為亞太地域國際旅客增加的重要起源。在2009年至2015年間，新增的國際旅客中有三分之一來自中國，人數是排名第二位的韓國旅客的5倍以上。