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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 2009.

2009 rank	Country	Arrivals (millions)
2009 rank	Country	2009	2008
1.	France	74.2	79.3
2.	United States	54.88	58.0
3.	Spain	52.23	57.3
4.	China	50.88	57.3
5.	Italy	43.24	42.7
6.	United Kingdom	28.2	30.2
7.	Turkey	25.51	25.0
8.	Germany	24.22	24.9
9.	Malaysia	23.65	22.05
10.	Mexico	21.45	22.6

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO). Web: www.world-tourism.org .

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