Asia Pacific is set to welcome an extra 33 million foreign arrivals in 2015 reaching up to 547 million by the end of the year.
That is the estimate by the Pacific Asia Travel Association which released the PATA Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts report 2015-19.
It reflects an average increase of 6% for the region.
"At the destination level, some inbound growth performances well exceed even those averages," said PATA CEO Mario Hardy.
"Destinations to watch this year include Palau, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea as their individual growth rates are expected to be around 20% or even higher."
"At the volume increase level we expect 11 of the 38 destinations covered in these forecasts to see increases of more than one million foreign arrivals during the year, with several at levels of four million or more," added Hardy.
As a source market, China is well ahead of its neighbours and is expected to add an extra 13.5 million arrivals into Asia Pacific destinations this year alone.
Travellers from Malaysia and Thailand are also expected to rise significantly by at least an extra million each during 2015.
