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

The table below shows statistics about the top five countries for international tourism in

2012 and 2013.
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The graph illustrates the number of tourists and the total amount of their spending in five nations in 2012 and 2013.
Overall
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, France remained the most popular destination
while
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Italy was the least for international travellers for the two years. Their expenditure tended to increase in all five nations in 2013 with the USA being the country where the largest amount of money spent by foreign tourists
in contrast
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to Italy with the least. Starting with the table of the numbers of visitors to the five countries, they rose by a different extent from 2012 to 2013 except for China with a small drop from 57.7
million
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to 55.7
million
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.
Moreover
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, their number increased slightly in France and Italy from 83
million
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to 84.7
million
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and from 46.4
million
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to 47.7
million
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respectively with the former being the most visited nation and the latter the least.
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, the rise was more dramatic in the USA and Spain from 66.7
million
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to 69.8
million
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and from 57.5
million
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to 60.7
million
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each. Turning to their total spending in each nation, they seemed to rise in all the examined nations.
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, tourists spent by far the most in the USA with 126. 2
billion
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dollars in 2012 and 139.6
billion
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dollars in 2013.
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, there is not a significant difference in the amount of money spent in France, Spain and China from 53.6
billion
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to 56.1
billion
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, from 56.3
billion
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to 60.4
billion
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and from 50
billion
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to 51.7
billion
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respectively
whereas
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people spent the least in Italy with 41.2
billion
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in 2012 and 43.9
billion
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in 2013.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words million, billion with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "rise" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • tourist arrivals
  • influx of tourists
  • economic impact
  • job creation
  • infrastructure development
  • revenue generation
  • geographical distribution
  • popular destination
  • regional analysis
  • natural attractions
  • cultural heritage
  • seasonal trends
  • tourism patterns
  • climatic conditions
  • tourism preferences
  • adventure tourism
  • eco-tourism
  • cultural tourism
  • holiday seasons
  • local events
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