![]() “You can see deer running through the park or take a boat down the Thames river,” she said, then finish the day off with a meal at a waterfront pub like the Bavarian beerhouse Steins or the popular restaurant Gaucho, which serves Argentinian food and wine amid cowhide-fabric furniture. ![]() To escape the city, Loveday travels to the southwest suburb of Richmond. “You just get used to so many people being around,” she said. (Mastercard combines tourism board statistics, flight schedules and expected passenger loads to project the year’s arrivals.) London native Sophie Loveday said she hardly notices the influx. Great Britain’s capital came in as this year’s number one most visited city, with 18.7 million international tourists estimated to arrive in 2014. We talked to expats and natives to learn what it’s like living in some of the world’s most visited cities – and the secrets to steering clear of the constant crowds. Still, it does not take residents long to learn how to navigate the crowds and find secluded spots. No matter what time of day, or which month of the year, there were so many tourists it was a nightmare getting on the nearby metro.” ![]() “When I first moved to the city, I made the mistake of choosing an apartment right beside the Arc de Triomphe. “Coming from a smaller city in Canada, I was overwhelmed at first by how crowded certain areas of Paris were,” said Erika Belavy, who moved to the City of Light from Calgary, Alberta, seven years ago. In fact, many of the world’s most visited cities, as ranked by 2014’s Mastercard’s Global Destination Cities Index released in July, are also popular destinations for expats.īut being a resident of one of the world’s most visited cities is not without its unique set of challenges. The same attractions that prompt people to love visiting a city – top-ranked restaurants, vibrant nightlife, diverse neighbourhoods, iconic sights – can entice them into staying longer term. Editor’s note: The list below reflects the top five cities on MasterCard’s Global Destination Cities Index for 2014. ![]()
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