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    World's top tourism destinations relative to population are given in Table 1. Arrivals per 100 of population 11 129 129 15 69 3 40 63 19 228 22 Source: WTO (www.wto.org) discussion questions 3 What does the data in Table 1. Suggest with respect to the idea of tourism being a means for rich countries to redistribute wealth to poorer countries?

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    World's top tourism destinations relative to population are given in Table 1. Arrivals per 100 of population 11 129 129 15 69 3 40 63 19 228 22 Source: WTO (www.wto.org) discussion questions 3 What does the data in Table 1. Suggest with respect to the idea of tourism being a means for rich countries to redistribute wealth to poorer countries?

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    14 CHAPTER 1 · INTRODUCTION – THE UNIQUE EVOLUTION OF TOURISM AS ‘BUSINES S’

    Table 1.2 The world’s top tourism destinations

    2002 in millions Market share (%) Arrivals per 100


    of population

    World 703 100 11

    1 France 77.0 11.0 129


    2 Spain 51.7 7.4 129
    3 USA 41.9 6.0 15
    4 Italy 39.8 5.7 69
    5 China 38.8 5.2 3
    6 United Kingdom 24.2 3.4 40
    7 Canada 20.1 2.9 63
    8 Mexico 19.7 2.8 19
    9 Austria 18.6 2.6 228
    10 Germany 18.0 2.6 22

    Source: Based on information derived from WTO (www.wto.org)

    Table 1.3 The world’s top tourism spenders and earners

    TOURISM International Market Expenditure TOURISM International Market Receipts


    SPENDING tourism share (%) per capita EARNING tourism share (%) per capita
    expenditure (US$) revenues (US$)
    (USbn$) (USbn$)

    World 474 100 76 World 474 100 76

    1 USA 58.0 12.2 202 1 USA 66.5 14.0 231


    2 Germany 53.2 11.2 646 2 Spain 33.6 7.1 837
    3 UK 40.4 8.5 674 3 France 32.3 6.8 539
    4 Japan 26.7 5.6 210 4 Italy 26.9 5.7 465
    5 France 19.5 4.1 325 5 China 20.4 4.3 16
    6 Italy 16.9 3.6 292 6 Germany 19.2 4.0 233
    7 China 15.4 3.2 12 7 UK 17.6 3.7 294
    8 Netherlands 12.9 2.7 804 8 Austria 11.2 2.4 1375
    9 Hong Kong 12.4 2.6 1700 9 Hong Kong 10.1 2.1 1385
    10 Russia 12.0 2.5 83 10 Greece 9.7 2.1 915

    Source: Based on information derived from WTO (www.wto.org)

    Discussion questions

    3 What does the data in Table 1.3 suggest with respect to the idea of tourism being a means for rich
    countries to redistribute wealth to poorer countries?
    4 Why might the figures for the USA be rather misleading in both Tables 1.2 and 1.3?

    Both Tables 1.2 and 1.3 take no notice of the issue of how large a country is, and it is
    therefore not surprising that the USA appears high in each ranking (although there are
    other reasons for this as question 4 above implies). To see how significant tourism is in
    a particular country, we need to adjust the data to allow for the size of the population
    in each country. The world’s top tourism destinations relative to population are given
    in Table 1.4.

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