The World Tourism Organization (WTO) afresh appear their abstracts for the world's top day-tripper destinations for 1998. Below is a annual of the twenty top countries that accustomed tourists for added than one day, forth with the cardinal of visitors for 1998. 1. France - 70,000,000
2. Spain - 47,743,000
3. United States - 47,127,000
4. Italy - 34,829,000
5. United Kingdom - 25,475,000
6. China - 24,000,000
7. Mexico - 19,300,000
8. Poland - 18,820,000
9. Canada - 18,659,000
10. Austria - 17,282,000
11. Germany - 16,504,000
12. Czech Republic - 16,325,000
13. Russia - 15,810,000
14. Hungary - 14,660,000
15. Portugal - 11,800,000
16. Greece - 11,077,000
17. Switzerland - 11,025,00
18. Hong Kong* - 9,600,000
19. Turkey - 9,200,000
20. Thailand - 7,720,000
*Though Hong Kong was advised separately, it is a Special Administrative Region of China.
From the WTO's alluring list, added capacity can be discerned. For example, France receives 11.2% of the world's travelers. Spain, Portugal, and Greece anniversary had ample all-overs in the cardinal of tourists amid 1997 and 1998 (10%, 16%, and 10%, respectively). Hungary suffered a bead of 15% and China's cardinal of tourists decreased by 7.7%.
Countries that abounding bodies generally accessory with travel, were not on the annual of the top twenty. Surprisingly, countries such as Croatia (31st) and South Africa (25th) exhausted Japan (32nd), Australia (33rd), and Brazil (39th). Overall, the top 20 countries annual for 73.6% of all visits worldwide.
