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Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor
Tourism continues expanding year-to-year, according to <a href= http://www.world-tourism.org>World Tourist Organization</a> numbers. In 2002, international tourist arrivals topped 700 million for the first time, and increased by about 16 million from 2001.<p>Worldwide earnings from international tourism in 2002 were US$474 billion, or US$1.3 billion per day. That’s US$675 per tourist. <p>The United States earned US$67 billion followed by Spain, France and Italy, which earned from US$27 billion to US$34 billion. <p> Per-tourist spending is almost US$1,000 in the Americas, US$720 in Asia-Pacific, US$600 in Europe, and US$470 in the Middle East. <p>The top 10 spenders on tourism are the U.S., Germany, U.K., Japan, France, Italy, China, Netherlands, Hong Kong and the Russian Federation. <p>The World Tourist Organization estimates international tourist arrivals will reach 1.56 billion by 2020, and that the top three destination regions will be Europe (717 million), East Asia and the Pacific (397 million) and the Americas (282 million).
DEFINITION:
International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.".
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | 371.04 million | 2008 | ||
| 2 | France | 78.45 million | 2008 | ||
| 3 | United States | 57.94 million | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Spain | 57.32 million | 2008 | ||
| 5 | China | 53.05 million | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 42.73 million | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 37.09 million | 2008 | |||
| 7 | United Kingdom | 30.14 million | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Ukraine | 25.45 million | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Turkey | 24.99 million | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Germany | 24.88 million | 2008 | ||
| 11 | Russia | 23.68 million | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Mexico | 22.64 million | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Malaysia | 22.05 million | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Austria | 21.93 million | 2008 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 21.08 million | 2008 | |||
| 15 | Canada | 17.14 million | 2008 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 16.58 million | 2008 | |||
| 16 | Greece | 15.94 million | 2008 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 15.77 million | 2008 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 14.76 million | 2008 | |||
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 14.76 million | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Thailand | 14.54 million | 2008 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 14.26 million | 2008 | |||
| 19 | Poland | 12.96 million | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Portugal | 12.32 million | 2007 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 11.36 million | 2008 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 11.09 million | 2007 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 10.79 million | 2008 | |||
| 21 | Netherlands | 10.1 million | 2008 | ||
| 22 | South Africa | 9.59 million | 2008 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 9.46 million | 2007 | |||
| 23 | Croatia | 9.41 million | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Romania | 8.86 million | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Hungary | 8.81 million | 2008 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 8.69 million | 2007 | |||
| 26 | Switzerland | 8.61 million | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Japan | 8.35 million | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Ireland | 8.03 million | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Morocco | 7.88 million | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Singapore | 7.78 million | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Belgium | 7.17 million | 2008 | ||
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 7.13 million | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Tunisia | 7.05 million | 2008 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 6.66 million | 2007 | |||
| 34 | Czech Republic | 6.65 million | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 6.56 million | 2008 | |||
| 35 | Indonesia | 6.23 million | 2008 | ||
| 36 | Bulgaria | 5.78 million | 2008 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 5.61 million | 2006 | |||
| 37 | Australia | 5.59 million | 2008 | ||
| 38 | Syria | 5.43 million | 2008 | ||
| 39 | India | 5.37 million | 2008 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 5.29 million | 2007 | |||
| 40 | Brazil | 5.05 million | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 4.98 million | 2008 | |||
| 41 | Bahrain | 4.93 million | 2007 | ||
| 42 | Argentina | 4.67 million | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Denmark | 4.5 million | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Norway | 4.44 million | 2008 | ||
| 45 | Vietnam | 4.25 million | 2008 | ||
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 3.98 million | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Puerto Rico | 3.89 million | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Jordan | 3.73 million | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Finland | 3.58 million | 2008 | ||
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 3.45 million | 2008 | ||
| 51 | Sweden | 3.43 million | 2007 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 3.26 million | 2007 | |||
| 52 | Philippines | 3.14 million | 2008 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 2.93 million | 2008 | |||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 2.89 million | 2001 | |||
| 53 | Chile | 2.7 million | 2008 | ||
| 54 | Albania | 2.67 million | 2008 | ||
| 55 | Israel | 2.57 million | 2008 | ||
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 2.51 million | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.44 million | 2008 | ||
| 58 | New Zealand | 2.41 million | 2008 | ||
| 59 | Cyprus | 2.4 million | 2008 | ||
| 60 | Cuba | 2.32 million | 2008 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 2.11 million | 2001 | |||
| 61 | Costa Rica | 2.09 million | 2008 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 2.07 million | 2004 | |||
| 62 | Peru | 2.06 million | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 2.02 million | 2008 | |||
| 63 | Cambodia | 2 million | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Estonia | 1.97 million | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Uruguay | 1.94 million | 2008 | ||
| 66 | Algeria | 1.77 million | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Slovenia | 1.77 million | 2008 | ||
| =68 | Jamaica | 1.77 million | 2008 | ||
| =68 | Slovakia | 1.77 million | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.72 million | 2008 | ||
| 71 | Latvia | 1.68 million | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 1.67 million | 2008 | |||
| 72 | Kenya | 1.64 million | 2006 | ||
| 73 | Lithuania | 1.61 million | 2008 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 1.54 million | 2000 | |||
| 74 | Botswana | 1.5 million | 2008 | ||
| 75 | The Bahamas | 1.46 million | 2008 | ||
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 1.41 million | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Qatar | 1.41 million | 2008 | ||
| 78 | El Salvador | 1.39 million | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Lebanon | 1.33 million | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 1.32 million | 2006 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 1.31 million | 2007 | |||
| 80 | Laos | 1.29 million | 2008 | ||
| 81 | Panama | 1.29 million | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Malta | 1.29 million | 2008 | ||
| 83 | Georgia | 1.29 million | 2008 | ||
| 84 | Oman | 1.27 million | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Colombia | 1.22 million | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Guam | 1.14 million | 2008 | ||
| 87 | Nigeria | 1.11 million | 2006 | ||
| 88 | Iceland | 1.1 million | 2008 | ||
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 1.07 million | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Ecuador | 1 million | 2008 | ||
| 91 | Netherlands Antilles | 982,000 | 2008 | ||
| 92 | Rwanda | 981,000 | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Mauritius | 930,000 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Namibia | 929,000 | 2007 | ||
| 95 | Honduras | 899,000 | 2008 | ||
| 96 | Luxembourg | 879,000 | 2008 | ||
| 97 | Senegal | 875,000 | 2007 | ||
| 98 | Nicaragua | 858,000 | 2008 | ||
| 99 | Uganda | 844,000 | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Aruba | 827,000 | 2008 | ||
| 101 | Pakistan | 823,000 | 2008 | ||
| 102 | Zambia | 812,000 | 2008 | ||
| 103 | Mozambique | 771,000 | 2007 | ||
| 104 | Swaziland | 754,000 | 2008 | ||
| 105 | Tanzania | 750,000 | 2008 | ||
| 106 | Venezuela | 745,000 | 2008 | ||
| 107 | Malawi | 742,000 | 2008 | ||
| 108 | Maldives | 683,000 | 2008 | ||
| 109 | Serbia and Montenegro | 646,000 | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 633,000 | 2006 | |||
| 110 | Bolivia | 594,000 | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Ghana | 587,000 | 2007 | ||
| 112 | Fiji | 585,000 | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Barbados | 568,000 | 2008 | ||
| 114 | Armenia | 558,000 | 2008 | ||
| 115 | Virgin Islands | 510,000 | 2007 | ||
| 116 | Nepal | 500,000 | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Bangladesh | 467,000 | 2008 | ||
| 118 | Mongolia | 446,000 | 2008 | ||
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 438,000 | 2008 | ||
| 120 | Sudan | 436,000 | 2007 | ||
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 433,000 | 2008 | ||
| 122 | Paraguay | 428,000 | 2008 | ||
| 123 | Northern Mariana Islands | 388,000 | 2008 | ||
| 124 | Madagascar | 375,000 | 2008 | ||
| 125 | Ethiopia | 330,000 | 2008 | ||
| 126 | Monaco | 324,000 | 2008 | ||
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 322,000 | 2008 | ||
| 128 | Haiti | 304,000 | 2008 | ||
| 129 | Cayman Islands | 303,000 | 2008 | ||
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 301,000 | 1998 | ||
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 296,000 | 2008 | ||
| 132 | Angola | 294,000 | 2008 | ||
| 133 | Kuwait | 293,000 | 2007 | ||
| =134 | Lesotho | 285,000 | 2008 | ||
| =134 | Cape Verde | 285,000 | 2008 | ||
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 266,000 | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 265,000 | 2007 | ||
| 138 | Bermuda | 264,000 | 2008 | ||
| 139 | Belize | 245,000 | 2008 | ||
| =140 | Brunei | 226,000 | 2008 | ||
| =140 | Burkina Faso | 226,000 | 2008 | ||
| 142 | Gabon | 222,000 | 2003 | ||
| 143 | Burundi | 201,000 | 2006 | ||
| 144 | French Polynesia | 196,000 | 2008 | ||
| 145 | Burma | 193,000 | 2008 | ||
| 146 | Mali | 190,000 | 2008 | ||
| 147 | Benin | 186,000 | 2007 | ||
| 148 | Cameroon | 185,000 | 2006 | ||
| 149 | Suriname | 163,000 | 2007 | ||
| 150 | Seychelles | 159,000 | 2008 | ||
| 151 | Libya | 149,000 | 2004 | ||
| 152 | The Gambia | 147,000 | 2008 | ||
| 153 | Guyana | 131,000 | 2007 | ||
| 154 | Grenada | 130,000 | 2007 | ||
| 155 | Iraq | 127,000 | 2001 | ||
| 156 | Samoa | 122,000 | 2008 | ||
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 121,000 | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 114,000 | 2008 | ||
| 159 | New Caledonia | 104,000 | 2008 | ||
| =160 | Belarus | 91,000 | 2008 | ||
| =160 | Vanuatu | 91,000 | 2008 | ||
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 84,000 | 2008 | ||
| 163 | Palau | 83,000 | 2008 | ||
| =164 | Eritrea | 81,000 | 2007 | ||
| =164 | Dominica | 81,000 | 2007 | ||
| 166 | Togo | 74,000 | 2008 | ||
| 167 | San Marino | 69,000 | 2007 | ||
| 168 | Liechtenstein | 58,000 | 2008 | ||
| 169 | Niger | 48,000 | 2007 | ||
| 170 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47,000 | 2007 | ||
| =171 | Tonga | 46,000 | 2007 | ||
| =171 | Guinea | 46,000 | 2006 | ||
| 173 | Congo, Republic of the | 43,000 | 2006 | ||
| 174 | Djibouti | 40,000 | 2007 | ||
| 175 | Sierra Leone | 36,000 | 2008 | ||
| =176 | Guinea-Bissau | 30,000 | 2007 | ||
| =176 | Mauritania | 30,000 | 2000 | ||
| 178 | Bhutan | 28,000 | 2008 | ||
| =179 | Chad | 25,000 | 2007 | ||
| =179 | American Samoa | 25,000 | 2006 | ||
| 181 | Comoros | 15,000 | 2007 | ||
| =182 | Solomon Islands | 14,000 | 2007 | ||
| =182 | Central African Republic | 14,000 | 2006 | ||
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12,000 | 2006 | ||
| 185 | Turkmenistan | 8,000 | 2007 | ||
| 186 | Moldova | 7,000 | 2008 | ||
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 6,000 | 2008 | ||
| 188 | Tajikistan | 4,000 | 2001 | ||
| 189 | Kiribati | 3,900 | 2008 | ||
| 190 | Tuvalu | 1,100 | 2007 |
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Posted on 07 Mar 2005
Ian Graham, Staff Editor
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I am working on tourism development in Bangladesh. Anybody can contact with me if want to work on regional tourism development specially south asin countries.
Posted on 30 Dec 2010
Prof.+S.+Rashidul+Hasan
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Please ........... in another update???
Posted on 18 Jul 2010
rudra
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The obvious Pacific country I can see there is Fiji.
Hope to see PNG on the list as well.
Thank you.
Posted on 30 Jun 2010
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Posted on 29 Mar 2010
Marie, Bali