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Bangkok is the world’s most popular tourist destination with 16 million visitors in 2013, due in part to its proximity to China, which spends over $100 billion annually on international tourism. London and Paris followed in popularity.
Bangkok, Thailand is the world’s most popular city as a tourist destination, with nearly 16 million visitors in 2013. An important factor is that it is close to China, the county that spends the most on international tourism, at more than $100 billion US dollars (USD) annually. London, England was second to Bangkok in 2013, with approximately 15.96 million tourists. Paris, France was third in popularity with nearly 14 million visitors, even though less than 20% of French tourists actually visit Paris.
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One out of five travel destinations is to a country other than the one in which the tourist lives.
The United States receives the most money brought in by foreign tourists, at about $126 billion in 2012.
More than half of all tourist trips are for leisure and around a quarter for health or religious reasons.
