What are your favourite cities? Ibhabe visited 164 countries andvthese are my personal favourite cities:


1. Sydney

2. Rio de Janeiro

3. Singapore

4. San Francisco

5. Cape Town

I also like Bangkok, New York, Istanbul and Stockholm.

Every year MasterCard do a ranking of the most popular cities from a travel destination point-of-view. Here is the recently published list for 2016:

Most popular big cities in 2016:


1) Bangkok, Thailand (21.47 million visitors)

2) London, UK (19.88)

3) Paris, France (18.03)

4) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (15.27)

5) New York, United States (12.75)

6) Singapore (12.11)

7) Kuala Lumpur (12.02)

8) Istanbul (11.95)

9) Tokyo (11.7)

10) Seoul (10.2)

56) Stockholm (2.08)

65) Copenhagen (1.63)


Source: 2016 MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index

The last days I have spent in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia – or KL as everybody say – for meetings. 


I like this city. I have always liked the big cities in Asia. 


I have visited Malaysia many times in the past and it is always a pleasure to be back. 


KLIA Airport in KL is also one of the large flight hubs of Asia. A good place to transfer.

Marin Insight has published an article on how to prevent smuggling of contraband on ships. 


Transportation of illegal and contraband items through ships is a legal offence. The master of the ship must take all the steps possible in order to prevent smuggling of such items.


Smuggling on ships has reduced greatly with introduction of various measures to ensure the security and safety of the ship and its crew. However, it is the duty of the master and the crew to ensure that the ship stays away from such unwanted troubles. 

In the article Marine Insight lists tve measures that needs to be taken to prevent transportstion of illegal prodicts.

To get more information on basic measures to prevent smuggling, read here: Article: Basic Steps to Prevent Smuggling on Ships