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World Tourism Rankings

The World Tourism Organization compiles the World Tourism Rankings.

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Number of foreign tourists in 2002


Rank Nation Millions of tourists
1st France 77
2nd Spain 51.7
3rd United States 41.9
4th Italy 39.8
5th China 36.8
6th United Kingdom 23.9
7th Canada 20
8th Mexico 19.7
9th Austria 18.6
10th Germany 18.0


Graph of the first eight ranked countries

Income from foreign tourists in 2002


Rank Nation Billions of USD
1 United States 66.5
2 Spain 33.6
3 France 32.3
4 Italy 26.9
5 China 20.4
6 Germany 19.2
7 United Kingdom 17.8
8 Austria 11.2
9 Hong Kong (China) 10.1
10 Greece 9.7


Regional results

Europe


  International Tourist Arrivals International Tourism Receipts
Major destination number in thousands percentage share number in US$ million percentage share
Europe 399,759 100 240,490 100
Austria 18,611 4.7 11,237 4.7
Belgium 6,724 1.7 6,892 2.9
Croatia 6,944 1.7 3,811 1.6
France 77,012 19.3 32,329 13.4
Germany 17,969 4.5 19,158 8.0
Greece 14,180 3.5 9,741 4.1
Hungary 15,870 4.0 3,273 1.4
Ireland 6,476 1.6 3,089 1.3
Italy 39,799 10.0 26,915 11.2
Netherlands 9,595 2.4 7,706 3.2
Poland 13,980 3.5 4,500 1.9
Portugal 11,666 2.9 5,919 2.5
Russian Federation 7,943 2.0 4,188 1.7
Spain 51,748 12.9 33,609 14.0
Switzerland 10,000 2.5 7,628 3.2
Turkey 12,782 3.2 9,010 3.7
Ukraine 6,326 1.6 2,992 1.2
United Kingdom 24,180 6.0 17,591 7.3


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Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45