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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 2010.

2010
rank		 Country Arrivals (millions) Percent
change
2009/2008		 Percent
change
2010/2009
2009 2010
1. France 76.8 76.8 -3.0% 0.0
2. United States 55.0 59.7 -5.1 8.7
3. China 50.9 55.7 -4.1 9.4
4. Spain 52.2 52.7 -8.8 1.0
5. Italy 43.2 43.6 1.2 0.9
6. United Kingdom 28.2 28.1 -6.4 -0.2
7. Turkey 25.5 27.0 2.0 5.9
8. Germany 24.2 26.9 -2.7 10.9
9. Malaysia 23.6 24.6 7.2 3.9
10. Mexico 21.5 22.4 -5.2 4.4
Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO). Web: www.world-tourism.org .

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