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World's Top Ten Tourism Earners, 2006

	$ in billions
	2005	2006
1. United States	$81.8	$85.7
2. Spain	48.0	51.1
3. France	42.3	42.9
4. Italy	35.4	38.1
5. China	29.3	33.9
6. United Kingdom	30.7	33.7
7. Germany	29.2	32.8
8. Australia	16.9	17.8
9. Turkey	18.2	16.9
10. Austria	16.0	16.7

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO).

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