The table depicts a comparison of foreign visitors in eight developed nations and the variation in the number of tourists in the two consecutive years, 2009 and 2010.
Overall, it is obvious that while six of eight countries had significant increases in the number of tourists over two years, only France retained its 2009 number, and Hong Kong experienced a decline in foreign visitors.
Germany, which had the highest percentage change in tourism, at 109%, did not have as many visitors as others, except Hong Kong. The number of visitors to China increased by one-third, from 33 to 45 million people, placing it second among these countries. In contrast, 76 million people visited France in both 2009 and 2010, resulting in no change. Hong Kong was the only nation that had fewer international tourists in 2010, experiencing an 11% decrease.
Regarding the remaining nations, they both experienced similar changes over two years, slowly increasing between 1.5% and 3.6%. In addition, the UK and Spain had similar figures, with 55 to 57 million people traveling to these destinations; compared to the US, they had more visitors, but the variation was lower. The number of people visiting Italy was just under 50 million, with a slight upward trend of 2.3%.