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The World's Top Tourism Destinations

(international tourist arrivals)

The following table shows the top ten tourism destinations according to the number and percent of tourist arrivals in each country during 2006.

2006
rank
Country Arrivals (millions) Percent
change
2005/2004
Percent
change
2006/2005
2005 2006
1. France 75.9 79.1 1.0% 4.2%
2. Spain 55.9 58.5 6.6 4.5
3. United States 49.2 51.1 6.8 3.8
4. China 46.8 49.6 12.1 6.0
5. Italy 36.5 41.1 -1.5 12.4
6. United Kingdom 28.0 30.7 9.2 9.3
7. Germany 21.5 23.6 6.8 9.6
8. Mexico 21.9 21.4 6.3 -2.6
9. Austria 20.0 20.3 3.0 1.5
10. Russian Federation 19.9 20.2 0.2 1.3
Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO). Web: www.world-tourism.org .

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