Top Tourist Destinations 1998 (Top 20)

A list by Kaneko

The World Tourism Organization (WTO) recently released their data for the world's top tourist destinations for 1998. Below is a list of the twenty top countries that received tourists for more than one day, along with the number of visitors for 1998.
From the WTO's fascinating list, additional details can be discerned. For example, France receives 11.2% of the world's travelers. Spain, Portugal, and Greece each had large jumps in the number of tourists between 1997 and 1998 (10%, 16%, and 10%, respectively). Hungary suffered a drop of 15% and China's number of tourists decreased by 7.7%.
Countries that many people often associate with travel, were not on the list of the top twenty. Surprisingly, countries such as Croatia (31st) and South Africa (25th) beat Japan (32nd), Australia (33rd), and Brazil (39th). Overall, the top 20 countries account for 73.6% of all visits worldwide.

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  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(considered separately as Special Administrative Region of China)
  19. Turkey
    9,200,000
  20. Thailand
    7,720,000


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