This document lists the top 10 tourist attraction countries in the world based on international tourist arrivals in 2017. France topped the list with 86.9 million tourists, followed by Spain with 81.8 million, and the United States with 75.9 million. Some of the major tourist attractions in these countries include Paris and French coastal towns, Spanish beaches and Latin American tourists, and the diverse landscapes and cities in the US. China, Italy, Mexico, the UK, Turkey, Germany, and Thailand round out the top 10, attracting tourists through attractions such as Chinese culture and history, Italian art and cuisine, Mexican beaches and ruins, British scenery and landmarks, Istanbul sites, German Christmas markets, and Thai beaches and nightlife

1. TOP 10 TOURIST ATTRACTION
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

2. International Tourist Arrivals in 2017
1. France -- 86.9 million
2. Spain -- 81.8 million
3. United States -- 75.9 million
4. China -- 60.7 million
5. Italy -- 58.3 million
6. Mexico -- 39.3 million
7. United Kingdom -- 37.7 million
8. Turkey -- 37.6 million
9. Germany -- 37.5 million
10. Thailand -- 35.4 million

3. FRANCE
• Paris is one of the most popular and the fifth most
visited location in the world.
• France always had an advantageous edge on the world
tourism ranking.
• However, in spite of the fifth rank of Paris, France as a
country tops the list of most tourist attraction countries
with its huge reserve of exquisite coastal locations,
enticing wine regions, vineyards, scenic beauty spread
across its land even in small villages.
• This country is known to attract almost 83.7 million
tourists across the world.
• It tops over the US with 10 million tourists for the first
rank.

5. SPAIN
• Considered to be the major trade and business hub for
its former colony Latin America, Spain already
attracts a lot of tourists from Latin America.
• Besides, owing to the country’s unique geographical
advantage of boasting both the coastal lime of the
Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the
country attracts millions of tourists.
• The count of tourists last year was 65 million.
• Next, only to the US, it is also the second country
receiving the maximum spending with each tourist
spending at least $1000 and making up for the
country’s 5% GDP.

7. UNITED STATES
• The diversity of tourism scopes which the US
accommodates within its 3.79 million square miles
right from California in the West to New York in
East, has a lot to offer to tourists.
• The US is exceptionally popular amongst tourists
for its extravagant tourism diversities, a large reserve
of natural scenic spots to the most vibrant lifestyles
in cities, Nature Parks to mountains.
• One of the other records which the country bags the
record of tourist spending the maximum amount in
the country while their visits and the amount was
177.2 billion dollars in 2014.

9. CHINA
• China has emerged as one of the most prominent
economies in the world.
• It’s the largest exporter and the second largest
importer.
• Its important role in the trade and business and
influential economic role in the global economy has
made its global relations better.
• Moreover, after opening its gate for tourism, it quickly
received a havoc response.
• Today it’s the fourth most tourist visited country,
attracting 55.6 million tourists across the world.

11. ITALY
• Starting from historical legacies to the romantic
canals of Venice, the exotic sight of the Piazzas to
oriental climate, exquisite cuisine to the dramatic
coastline, Italy has a lot to offer, and undoubtedly it
is one of the most romantic destinations in the
world.
• Besides Venice, Rome and Florence are also
world’s popular hit destinations for tourism, and
this is the reason why Italy takes the 5th position
with 52.4 million tourists.

13. MEXICO
Mexico is one of the latest inclusions in the list of top
ten most attractive destinations around the world for
tourists.
Lively nightlife, exotic beaches, lush green forests and
the Mayan ruins stand among the top attractions for
the tourists who reach 35 million.

15. UNITED KINGDOM
• Though the United Kingdom wins over the sixth
position, its difference from Italy’s tourist count is
quite a lot.
• The magnificent landscape of Scotland, the beauty of
the London Tower, the magic of old wine and
coastline is the major attraction of this country which
attracts 35.8 million tourists.
• In the recent few years, from the record of 2014, UK
has gone up a few numbers in its ranking.

17. TURKEY
The myriad of World Heritage Sites along with the largest urban footprint in
Europe and the Middle East, have made Istanbul a major attraction in
Turkey along with series of other sites.

19. GERMANY
• While the country ranks 7th position among the
most tourist attracting countries in the world, it is the
number one country as per UNWTO’s ranking list for
tourism expenditure.
• The country seems to have spent the money in a worth
industry since it has recorded to gain an increasing
number of tourists since 2014.
• Germany is a favorite destination in the summers as well
as during the Christmas festival; Oktoberfest is a prime
attraction among tourists.

21. THAILAND
• The exotic range of marine life, ravishing coastline beauty, and quintessential vibrancy of
nightlife in the cities have made Thailand one of the roaring countries attracting more tourists
with their exclusive tourism promotions.
• The country already attracts
• 32.6 million tourists.

23. THANK YOU
Presented by
A.Susitra
MBA(Tourism Management)
Anna University