France - the most visited country in the world in 2008

September 2009 - The UNTWO Tourism Barometer has just released tourism statistics for 2008 and France wins again as the most visited country in the world.

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Ranked by number of international tourist arrivals in 2008:

France- 79.3 million
United States - 58.0 million
Spain - 57.3 million
China - 53.0 million
Italy - 42.7 million
United Kingdom - 30.1 million
Ukraine - 25.4 million
Turkey - 25.0 million
Germany - 24.9 million
Mexico - 22.6 million

Source : UNTWO http://www.unwto.org/facts/eng/pdf/barometer/UNWTO_Barom09_update_sept_en.pdf

Posted October 9, 2009

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