Sunday, June 17, 2012

Yet another round of travel rankings say Asia is so hot right now

by Max Kim

Global travel and tourism transaction processor Amadeus has ranked the world's busiest inter-city flight routes in terms of passenger volume.

The results, which numbered the world's top 10 inter-city routes based on travel transaction records from 2011, show that Asia dominated air traffic. Only three non-Asian domestic flight routes made it on the list, led by Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo, ranking second at around 8 million passengers.

At the top of the list was the Seoul-Jeju route, which some 10 million passengers flew in 2011. 

This may seem odd -- especially considering the fact that Jeju Island is relatively unknown to non-Koreans and even more so to non-Asians -- but then again, so was the announcement that Jinro soju was the world's best-selling liquor. Korea is really stacking up the global superlatives this week. 

Also on CNNGo: It's official: Jinro soju is the world's best-selling liquor

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Source: http://rss.cnngo.com/~r/cnngo/~3/hiQUI2wSBWc/most-popular-flight-routes-asia-302228

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