2024'S HOTTEST SUMMER TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Data: Mastercard; Chart: Axios Visuals
Cancun, Aruba and London are the hottest global destinations for American travelers this summer, Mastercard says.
- Also ranking in the top 10: Tokyo, where a relatively weak yen is driving a huge — and controversial — post-pandemic tourism explosion.
How it works: Mastercard's findings are based on each city's share of total flight bookings from the U.S. for global travel between June-August 2024 as compared to the same period in 2019.
Zoom in: Albania is emerging as a top destination for global travelers, thanks to relatively low prices compared to classic European draws.
- Romania, too, is increasingly hot — in part because it recently partially joined Europe's Schengen Area, an ID-check-free travel zone.