Czech Republic: Call us Czechia

Tired of having the country’s name butchered into Czecho or Czechland, the Czech Republic seeks a more concise name to end the confusion for English speakers.

25. Tokyo, Japan —

Want to know where everyone else is going for their vacation? Euromonitor has crunched the numbers for the world's most popular destinations. Tokyo comes in at 25, with 5.99 million visitors as measured in 2014. Click on to find out which city is number one.

24. Milan, Italy —

Italian fashion capital Milan welcomed 6.05 million international arrivals in the same period.

23. Mecca, Saudi Arabia —

Islamic pilgrimage center Mecca pulled in 6.12 million international visitor arrivals, an increase of 6.2% on the previous year.

22. Las Vegas —

A pilgrimage center of a very different kind, Sin City attracted 6.13 million visitors.

21. Prague, Czech Republic —

Home to the largest castle in the world, Prague welcomed 6.35 million international visitors.

20. Shanghai, China —

China's pulsating eastern hub keeps growing in size. As do its visitor numbers -- 6.4 million international tourists made the trip in 2014.

19. Pattaya, Thailand —

The Thai beach resort town of Pattaya holds steady at number 19 on the chart, despite an 8% drop in visitor numbers to 6.43 million.

18. Miami —

Miami Beach boasts the world's largest number of Art Deco buildings. It's one of the attractions that helped lure 7.26 million international tourists.

17. Phuket, Thailand —

Unlike Pattaya, Thai coastal paradise Phuket managed to increase its visitor numbers -- up 1% to 8.1 million. That didn't stop it slipping two places on the previous year's ranking though.

16. Guangzhou, China —

At 16, the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou had 8.2 million international visitors.

15. Taipei, Taiwan —

Taipei's National Palace Museum is one of the world's largest. The city itself pulled in 8.6 million visitors.

14. Rome, Italy —

Perennial European crowd-pleaser Rome ranked 14th, with 8.78 million international arrivals.

13. Seoul, South Korea —

Seoul welcomed 9.39 million international visitors in 2014. Perhaps the leap of 8.9% on the previous year was helped by pop star Psy's blockbuster homage to the city's swankiest neighborhood, "Gangnam Style."

12. Dubai, United Arab Emirates —

Dubai is the Middle East's leader in arrivals, and its popularity seems to be increasing in step with the city's rapid expansion. It attracted 11.39 million in 2014, up 8.9% from 2013.

11. Antalya, Turkey —

Antalya, a Mediterranean resort town in southwest Turkey, saw 11.5 million international arrivals in 2014. Antalya is a magnet for Russian visitors. The ancient amphitheater of Aspendos is about an hour east of the city in Antalya province.

10. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia —

Tenth-ranked Kuala Lumpur saw 11.63 million visitors, making it the sixth-ranked Asian city.

9. Istanbul, Turkey —

Better known globally than Antalya, Istanbul welcomed 11.87 million international visitors in 2014.

8. New York —

North America's top draw was New York, with 12.23 million international tourist arrivals.

7. Shenzhen, China —

In the 1980s it was just a small town in southern China. Today Shenzhen is an economic powerhouse that in 2014 welcomed 13.1 million international visitors.

6. Macau —

The casinos and theme parks that give Macau its nickname of the Las Vegas of the East have doubtless helped push it into the number six slot. The city drew in 14.97 million visitors.

5. Paris, France —

The City of Light held on to the No. 5 ranking, despite a 1.9% decline in visitor numbers to 14.98 million.

4. Bangkok, Thailand —

Political troubles have dented Bangkok's popularity. It received 16.25 million visitors, down 7% in the previous year, causing it to drop from third to fourth ranking.

3. Singapore —

With 17.09 million international visitors, Singapore was the third most visited city on the list.

2. London, England —

London is Europe's biggest draw for international tourist arrivals, welcoming 17.38 million in 2014.

1. Hong Kong —

Once again, Hong Kong outstrips the competition, attracting 10 million visitors more than its nearest rival. The city welcomed 27.77 million international visitors in 2014.

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The Czech leadership has a suggestion: Just call us Czechia.

“Our hope is that this step will overcome the problems we face with distorting the name and that the correct terms will dissolve into general knowledge,” according to a statement from the country’s foreign ministry press department.

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It used to be part of Czechoslovakia, before the country split in 1993 from what is now Slovakia. But that older name still gets bandied about. And the country’s name also gets confused with Chechnya, a small republic within the Russian Federation.

CNN Travel: All about Czech Republic

Czech Republic seeks a formal change in the United Nations database of country names. Nations can be called by their formal name, for example, the Commonwealth of Australia, and their shorter name, for example, Australia. Czech Republic wants to amend its shorter name in the U.N. databases from Czech to Czechia.

CNN’s Richard Allen Greene contributed to this report.