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

The table compares the five highest rankings in terms of the number of visits and the money spent by

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during a specific period of time (2012-2013).

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,

it is clear that

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France is the most popular destination among

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in both given years, followed by the

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.

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, the

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earned the most revenue from

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in both 2012 and 2013.

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the data, in 2012 83

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visited France,

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the

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took second place with 66.7

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. Both Spain and China accounted the equal quantities with approximately 58

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.

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, Italy had the lowest number of

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with 46,4

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. In 2013 the number of

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experienced a slight rise of between 1 and 4

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in each country, with the exception of China.

In contrast

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, the situation was significantly disparate in earning

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’ revenue. By taking a closer look at the data we can observe that spending by

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visiting the

USA

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increased from $126.2 billion in 2012 to $139.6 billion in 2013.

Whereas

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, Spain is in second place with growth in spending from 56

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to 60

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, followed by France, China and Italy. Interestingly, despite falling numbers of

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, Chinese revenue from tourism climbed by $1.7 billion in 2013.