The World's Top Tourism Destinations

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 2008.

rank  Country  Arrivals (millions)     Percent     Percent 2007 2008  2007/2006  2008/2007 1 France  81.9 79.3 3.90% –3.2% 2 United States  56 58 9.8 3.6 3 Spain  58.7 57.3 1.1 –2.3 4 China  54.7 57.3 1.1 –3.1 5 Italy  43.7 42.7 6.3 –2.1 6 United Kingdom  30.9 30.2 0.7 –2.2 7 Ukraine  23.1 25.4 22.1 9.8 8 Turkey  22.2 25 17.6 12.3 9 Germany  24.4 24.9 3.6 1.9 10 Mexico  21.4 22.6 0.1 5.9