Which countries earn the most from travelers?
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has published the top 10 countries where travelers spent the most money, and the top 10 most visited countries. In many ways, these lists coincided, but in some countries, tourists are “forced to shell out more money”, while others earn only on the number of guests.
Revenues to the global economy from tourism increased by 6.8% in 2017 – a record for the world. Asian countries are fighting for the first place in the world tourist rankings, but the largest sums of travelers are brought to Europe – it was able to earn $ 519 billion from tourism.
In the Asia-Pacific region, travelers left $390 billion. In third place, both Americas with the amount of $ 326 billion. Then comes the Middle East, which has generated $68 billion in tourism. In last place in terms of earnings on tourism Africa – $ 37 billion.
The basis for the formation of the top 10 countries by expenditure was the total amount that foreigners spent on transportation, overnight stays in hotels, purchase of goods and services, etc.
According to these data, the first three are headed USA They received $211 billion from tourism, 16% of the amount spent by tourists in the world. Then he goes. SpainIt earned $68 billion from tourists. In France, travelers spend $61 billion.
In the top five in terms of spending is Thailand ($57 billion), the UK ($51 billion). In the top 10 also Italy, Australia, GermanyMacau and Japan. They take almost half of the world’s tourism revenue.
France It became the leader in attendance, with 87 million tourists, followed by Spain with 82 million. 76 million tourists arrived in the United States. At the top of arrivals China (61 million) and Italy (58 million). Then come Mexico, the UK and Turkey – it was visited by 38 million tourists, as well as Germany and Turkey. Thailand.
Travelers from China are the leaders in “exporting” money abroad – they spend $258 billion abroad on vacations, excursions and souvenirs, which is a fifth of the total spending in the world. Americans leave $135 billion, Germans $89.1 billion. The top ten most "spent" tourists returned Russia, which rose from 11th place to 8: in total, Russians spent $31.1, while by 2017 this amount increased by 30%.