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Colombo first in fastest growing tourist cities
Jun 03, 201502:45 PM
Colombo first in  fastest growing tourist cities

Among the 10 fastest growing cities in the world, Sri Lanka‘s capital city of Colombo is first with a staggering 21% surge, with Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, following in second, the CNN reported.

 


Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, ranked third in terms of growth; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, placed fifth.

 


Lima, Peru, is the wold’s ninth-fastest growing city, and the fastest growing city in South America.

 


Houston is the fastest growing city in North America since 2009 and is the only city in the United States to register double-digit growth over that period.

 

Fastest growing tourist cities

 

 

  1. Colombo, Sri Lanka 21.1%
  2. Chengdu, China 20.7%
  3. Abu Dhabi, UAE 20.4%
  4. Osaka, Japan 19.8%
  5. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 18.0%
  6. Xi An, China 16.2%
  7. Taipei, Taiwan 14.9%
  8. Tokyo 14.6%
  9. Lima, Peru 13.9%
  10. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 12.9%
 

 

 

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