Most of respondents to an international Internet survey favored Paris as a host to the 2012 Olympics, according to a study released Thursday.

The survey, conducted by ACNielsen, polled more than 21,261 Internet users in 38 countries and regions.

Madrid and London came joint second in the survey. New York and Moscow are the other bidders. The International Olympic Committee will pick the host city at a meeting in Singapore on July 6.

"The majority of respondents in 27 out of 38 markets surveyed chose Paris as their preferred host for the Olympic Games in 2012, " said Ashok Charan, managing director of ACNielsen Research Singapore.

The Chinese, who will host the Olympics in 2008, were the biggest supporters of the Paris bid with 52 percent of respondents favoring the French capital, according to the survey.

Source: Xinhua