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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 2006.

2006 rank	Country	Arrivals (millions)		Percent change 2005/2004	Percent change 2006/2005
2006 rank	Country	2005	2006	Percent change 2005/2004	Percent change 2006/2005
1.	France	75.9	79.1	1.0%	4.2%
2.	Spain	55.9	58.5	6.6	4.5
3.	United States	49.2	51.1	6.8	3.8
4.	China	46.8	49.6	12.1	6.0
5.	Italy	36.5	41.1	-1.5	12.4
6.	United Kingdom	28.0	30.7	9.2	9.3
7.	Germany	21.5	23.6	6.8	9.6
8.	Mexico	21.9	21.4	6.3	-2.6
9.	Austria	20.0	20.3	3.0	1.5
10.	Russian Federation	19.9	20.2	0.2	1.3

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO). Web: www.world-tourism.org .

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