The table provided reveals a sum of clear differences between the total number of tourists and tourist spending in five countries from 2012 to 2013.
Overall, it can be seen that France was the most favorite country among tourists, on the other hand, the USA received the highest tourist revenue among five countries in one year. Additionally, there was a growth in the number of tourists all over the period.
Looking at the table in more detail, in one year, it can be clearly observed that France was the most popular destination with well over 80 millions tourists, and the USA was the runner-up, whose statistic of visitors was sitting at from 66.7 million to merely under 70 millions. On the other hand, spending by travelers visiting the USA increased from $126.2 billion in 2012 to $139.6 billion in 2013, and these figures were well over twice as high as those for France.
The total visitors in Spain was 57.5 millions in 2012 and it grew slightly and reached 60.7 millions in 2013, respectively, they spent roughly 56.3 billion dollars in 2012 and about 60 billion dollars in 2013. It is interesting to note that however the number of tourists in China saw a downward trend in one term, their spent had an upward trend and it was approximately 2 billion dollars over the period. The figure of tourists in Italy had a minor change from 46.4 millions in 2012 to 47.7 millions in 2013 and the spent rose considerably about 3 billion dollars in one year.