| The World Tourism Organization compiles the
World Tourism Rankings.
Number of foreign tourists in 2002/2003
| Rank |
Nation |
Millions of tourists in 2002 |
Millions of tourists in 2003 |
Change 01-02 |
Change 02-03 |
| 1st |
France |
77 |
75 |
+2.4% |
-2.6% |
| 2nd |
Spain |
52.3 |
52.5 |
+4.5% |
+0.3% |
| 3rd |
United States |
41.9 |
40.4 |
-6.7% |
-3.6% |
| 4th |
Italy |
39.8 |
39.6 |
+0.6% |
-0.5% |
| 5th |
China |
36.8 |
33.0 |
+11% |
-10.3% |
| 6th |
United Kingdom |
24.2 |
24.8 |
+5.9% |
+2.6% |
| 7th |
Austria |
18.6 |
19.1 |
+2.4% |
+2.6% |
| 8th |
Mexico |
19.7 |
18.7 |
+4.6% |
-4.9% |
| 9th |
Germany |
18.0 |
18.4 |
+0.6% |
+0.4% |
| 10th |
Canada |
20.1 |
17.5 |
+1.9% |
-12.7% |
Income from foreign tourists in 2002
Regional results
Europe
| |
International Tourist Arrivals |
International Tourism Receipts |
| Major destination |
number in thousands |
percentage share |
number in US$ million |
percentage share |
| Europe |
399,759 |
100 |
240,490 |
100 |
| Austria |
18,611 |
4.7 |
11,237 |
4.7 |
| Belgium |
6,724 |
1.7 |
6,892 |
2.9 |
| Croatia |
6,944 |
1.7 |
3,811 |
1.6 |
| France |
77,012 |
19.3 |
32,329 |
13.4 |
| Germany |
17,969 |
4.5 |
19,158 |
8.0 |
| Greece |
14,180 |
3.5 |
9,741 |
4.1 |
| Hungary |
15,870 |
4.0 |
3,273 |
1.4 |
| Ireland |
6,476 |
1.6 |
3,089 |
1.3 |
| Italy |
39,799 |
10.0 |
26,915 |
11.2 |
| Netherlands |
9,595 |
2.4 |
7,706 |
3.2 |
| Poland |
13,980 |
3.5 |
4,500 |
1.9 |
| Portugal |
11,666 |
2.9 |
5,919 |
2.5 |
| Russian Federation |
7,943 |
2.0 |
4,188 |
1.7 |
| Spain |
51,748 |
12.9 |
33,609 |
14.0 |
| Switzerland |
10,000 |
2.5 |
7,628 |
3.2 |
| Turkey |
12,782 |
3.2 |
9,010 |
3.7 |
| Ukraine |
6,326 |
1.6 |
2,992 |
1.2 |
| United Kingdom |
24,180 |
6.0 |
17,591 |
7.3 |
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