The 50 Cities Worldwide That Attract the Most Solo Travelers

by Mia Taylor
Last updated: 2:50 PM ET, Tue June 16, 2026

It’s hardly any secret by this point that solo travel is booming. There have been numerous reports confirming as much in recent years. Most recently, The Luxury Solo Travel Report from Go2Africa revealed that 2026 has seen the largest increase in interest in solo travel ever, with 1.6 million searches of “solo travel” during the month of January alone.

All of which begs the question, where are all the solo travelers going?

GuruWalk, a free tour platform, has just released a ranking answering that question. The company used 12 months of real booking data across the 150 most visited cities on its platform from June 2025 to June 2026 to identify the 50 cities worldwide that attract the highest proportion of solo travelers.

And, drumroll please…The most visited city globally for solo travelers is Toronto, Canada. More than 1 in 2 travelers (50.5%) book tours there alone, which is the highest percentage of any city in the GuruWalk ranking.

It’s easy to understand why Toronto is so popular. It's one of the most diverse cities in the world, and you can feel it from the very first walk.

“Its neighborhoods — Kensington Market, Distillery District, Chinatown — are entirely different worlds just minutes apart from each other, and totally perfect for exploring without a fixed plan,” says the GuruWalk report. “Perhaps that's why more than half of those who book a free tour in Toronto do so alone.”

Beyond Toronto leading the list, it’s also worth noting that Asian cities dominate the top 10. Taipei, Taiwan comes in at #4, followed by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (#5), Hong Kong at #7 and Singapore is #9. The popularity of Latin American cities rivals that of Asia, with destinations like São Paulo, Brazil at #3 and La Paz, Bolivia being #6 in popularity for solo globetrotters.

Not a single U.S. city made the top 50 on the ranking. This may be due to the image of the United States under the Trump Administration, with border entry being more fraught with challenges including lengthy detentions or entry being denied altogether. Some opinion polls have showed that international travelers have less favorable opinions of this country. A CNBC survey published in late 2025 revealed that nearly 80 percent of Southeast Asian travelers say the United States is “losing its appeal as a travel destination.”

According to the survey, such sentiments are being driven by fears surrounding potential discrimination, actions by the Trump administration and widespread gun violence in the United States.

Read on for a look at the full list of the top 50 most poplar cities globally among solar travelers.

50 most popular cities around the world for solo globetrotters

1.Toronto, Canada
 2.Santa Ana, El Salvador 
3.São Paulo, Brazil 
4.Taipei, Taiwan 
5.Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
6.La Paz, Bolivia 
7.Hong Kong 
8.Skopje, North Macedonia 
9.Singapore 
10.Belgrade, Serbia  
11.Seoul, South Korea 
12.Bangkok, Thailand 
13.Shanghai, China 
14.Antigua, Guatemala 
15.Quito, Ecuador 
16.Chiang Mai, Thailand 
17.Vilnius, Lithuania 
18.Beijing, China 
19.Santiago de Chile, Chile 
20.Melbourne, Australia  
21.Tbilisi, Georgia 
22.Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 
23.Bogota, Colombia
24.Tallinn, Estonia
 25.Montevideo, Uruguay  
26.Panama City, Panama 
27.Frankfurt, Germany 
28.Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
29.Riga, Latvia 
30.Hue, Vietnam 
31.Sofia, Bulgaria 
32.Buenos Aires, Argentina 
33.Mexico City, Mexico 
34.Hanoi, Vietnam  
35.Hoi Anm Vietnam
 36.Manchester, United Kingdom
 37.Oaxaca, Mexico 
38.Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 39.Salvador, Brazil 
40.Helsinki, Finland
 41.Cape Town, South Africa 
42.Casablanca, Morocco 
43.Zurich, Switzerland 
44.Wroclaw, Poland
 45.Alicante, Spain
 46.Gdansk, Poland
 47.Nice, France
 48.Merida, Mexico 
49.Berlin, Germany 
50.Istanbul, Turkey 