the table below shows stastistics about the top five countries for international tourism in 2012 and 2013.

The table compares the top five countries in terms of the

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of

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and the money spent by the

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between the years 2012 and 2013.

It is clear that

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France was the most popular destination in

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period of two years. Though France had the highest

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of

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, the USA had the highest figure for tourist spending over the same period. In 2012, 83

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tourists

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visited France, and the USA was the runner-up, whose

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of

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was sitting at 66.7

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. Spain and China both received just under 58

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visitors,

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Italy had been visited by 46.4

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people. One interesting fact is that in 2013,

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other countries’ numbers of visitors saw an increase, ranging from 1 to 4

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people, China was an exception, in which the figure decreased by 2

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. Spending by

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visiting the USA rose from $126.2

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in 2012 to $139.6

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in 2013, and these figures were over twice as high as those for other countries. Spain received the second-highest amount of revenue that came from international

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, earning $56.3

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in 2012 and $60.4

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in 2013. The other three countries saw increases in spending as well, spanning from 1 to 2

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dollars. Interestingly enough, in spite of the fact that China saw a declining

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in the

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of

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, the money earned increased by 1.7

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dollars.