by Chris Chaplow
WORLD - INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS
The total world International tourist arrivals were to 764 million in 2004 up from 693m in 2001.
Spain has dropped to the fourth most popular destination country in the world after France, USA and China after being second to France for many decades.
The chart below shows the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the top countries for 2010, 2004, and 2001.
Country |
Tourists
2010
(millions) |
Tourists
2004
(millions) |
Tourists
2001
(millions) |
France |
76.8 |
75.1 |
76.5 |
Spain |
52.7 |
52.4 |
49.5 |
United States |
59.7 |
46.1 |
45.5 |
Italy |
55.7 |
37.1 |
39.0 |
China |
43.0 |
41.8 |
33.2 |
UK |
28.1 |
27.8 |
23.4 |
Russia |
20.2 |
19.9 |
21.1 |
Mexico |
22.4 |
20.6 |
19.8 |
Canada |
16.0 |
19.2 |
19.7 |
Austria |
22.0 |
19.4 |
18.2 |
Turkey |
27.0 |
20.6 |
|
Germany |
26.8 |
20.1 |
|
Source 2004: UN World Tourism Organization, Top 25
Source 2010: UNWTO Highlights
The nationals of every country spend money on foreign tourism. The chart below shows how much the top countrys' nationals in total spent on foreign tourism in 2010. This shows the top six spending countries plus Spain which is in about 20th position.
Country |
US $ million |
USA |
57.4 |
Germany |
64.6 |
UK |
47.9 |
Japan |
26.6 |
France |
23.4 |
Italy |
20.6 |
China |
15.4 |
Spain |
7.3 |
Source: UNWTO Outbound Tourism, International Tourism Expenditure
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