Agoda Reveals Most Popular Places to Celebrate New Year’s Eve
In Asia Pacific, Tokyo steadfastly continues to be the most popular destination to ring in the New Year taking top spot again in 2the destinationen9, while Taipei moves up to number two spot, and knocks Bangkok into third place. Thailand has, however, the most destinations for New Year Eve celebrations in the Asia Pacific region, with three of its bustling cities featuring in the rankings (Bangkok at #3, Chiang Mai at #7, and Pattaya at #enthe destination). Manila makes an entrance at number six.
This year, in North America, the party city of Las Vegas has edged out New York as the number one New Year's Eve destination. Meanwhile, similar to last year, the City of Angels Los Angeles remains the third most popular destination to ring in the New Year. Hawaii's Honolulu entered the list of the first time this year, coming in strong at the fourth rank with its beaches, lively parties and rich culture.
According to 2019 booking data from Agoda, Japan and Thailand continued to win hearts as the top Asian countries to visit for travelers across the globe. Among European countries, France took the crown, nudging the United Kingdom and Italy into second and third place for the year.
Meanwhile, Bangkok, Paris and Las Vegas were the top destination cities in Asia, Europe and North America respectively for the last 12 months. Bangkok and Las Vegas held on to their crowns as top destinations in their regions as compared to last year, while Paris replaced London as the most popular destination in Europe.
New Year's Eve Travel
- Chiang Mai and Pattaya both hold on to their number one and number two spots for Thais to celebrate New Year's Eve.
- Bangkok overtook Tokyo for the number three spot, rising two places from last year.
- Thais are making the most of the natural beauty and experiences offered in their homeland with seven of the top destination choices within Thailand. Top international destinations include Tokyo (#4), Taipei (#8) and Osaka (#9).
- Thailand and Japan maintain their position as the top two destination countries for Thais to visit in 2019. Vietnam edged out Singapore as the third most popular country to visit.
- Thai travelers' choices have not changed much since 2018 with the top 10 cities to travel being held primarily held by local destinations including Bangkok (#1), Pattaya (#2) and Chiang Mai (#3). Tokyo also remains in its position as #6 in the list.
Agoda is one of the world's fastest growing online travel booking platforms. From its beginnings as an e-commerce start-up based in Singapore in 2005, Agoda has grown to offer a global network of over 2.5 million properties in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, offering travelers easy access to a wide choice of luxury and budget hotels, apartments, homes and villas to suit all budgets and travel occasions.
Headquartered in Singapore, Agoda is part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq: BKNG) and employs more than 5,000 staff in more than 30 countries. Agoda.com and the Agoda mobile app are available in 38 languages.
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