The World Tourism Organization (WTO) compiles every year data from destination countries for an annual ranking of tourist arrivals.
|
2002 International Tourist Arrivals (million)
|
|
Rank
|
2002 |
Change
(%)
2002/2001 |
Share
(%) |
|
World
|
703 |
2.7 |
100 |
| 1- France |
77.0 |
2.4 |
11.0 |
| 2 -Spain |
51.7 |
3.3 |
7.4 |
| 3- United States |
41.9 |
-6.7 |
6.0 |
| 4- Italy |
39.8 |
0.6 |
5.7 |
| 5-China |
36.8 |
11.0 |
5.2 |
| 6- United Kingdom |
24.2 |
5.9 |
3.4 |
| 7- Canada |
20.1 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
| 8- Mexico |
19.7 |
-0.7 |
2.8 |
| 9- Austria |
18.6 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
| 10- Germany |
18.0 |
0.6 |
2.6 |
| Source: World Tourism Oraganization |
