The table compares the number of foreign travelers (in millions) providing their increasing rate in nine different countries between 2009 and 2010.
In general, the number of foreign tourist arrivals experienced a significant increase, except a negligible decrease in Hong Kong international arrivals. Notably, France maintained the same level of attracting visitors, whereas, a twofold rise was true for Germany.
In four countries, the USA, Spain, the UK and Italy, the number of travelers saw minimal growth, increasing by 1 and 2 million from their starting points of 44, 55, 55 and 66, respectively. On the contrary, there was a static picture at 76 million arrivals yearly in France, a figure being the highest amongst all 9 countries’ airlines in the latter year.
On the other hand, Hong Kong lost 1 million foreign guests in a year, down from 10 million in 2009. However, in three countries—Turkey, China and Germany, a remarkable upward trend was seen, increasing by a combined total of 200%, up from 33, 22 and 11 to 45, 34 and 23 million, respectively.