First place in the rating of the most popular countries among tourists was taken by France (visited by 86.7 million people), while Spain (81.8 million) took second place, followed by the United States (75.9 million). The top five concluded with China (60.7 million) and Italy (58.3 million).
Experts also ranked the fastest growing tourist destinations, headed by Egypt (up 55.1%), followed by Togo (46.7%) and San Marino (31.1%).
Vietnam (29.1%) and Georgia (27.9%) took 4th and 5th places respectively.
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Tourists cool down in the fountains of the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
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Tourists look out from Antoni Gaudí's Casa Batllo at a pro-independence demonstration in support of Catalonian politicians who have been jailed on charges of sedition and the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona, Spain.
A tourist standing on the shore at Tumon Bay in Guam.
Tourists pose for selfies in front of a view of Victoria Harbor and the Hong Kong skyline.
A tourist poses for a picture at Piazza Duomo in Milan on a hot summer day.
In Italy, forecasters say this summer's heatwave could turn out to be the most intense in 15 years, with temperatures around eight degrees above the seasonal average - 39 degrees Celsius in Milan and up to 30 in the Alps at an altitude of 1,000 meters (3,300 feet).
In Italy, forecasters say this summer's heatwave could turn out to be the most intense in 15 years, with temperatures around eight degrees above the seasonal average - 39 degrees Celsius in Milan and up to 30 in the Alps at an altitude of 1,000 meters (3,300 feet).
General view of the promenade and beach in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur State, Mexico. Despite a surge in violent crimes in popular tourist areas such as Los Cabos and Cancun, tourism remains Mexico's third largest source of foreign exchange. In 2017, the country hit a new record - 39.3 million tourists who generated $21 billion in business.
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A man on stilts dressed in a ceremonial guardsman costume poses for photographs with tourists as he hands out flyers and collects money for charity on the southern end of Westminster Bridge back-dropped by the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Britain's House of Commons is set to approve a bill authorizing the start of exit talks with the European Union — a major step on the road to Brexit. The bill sailed through an earlier vote last week, being passed 498-114 and is very likely to pass its final Commons test on Wednesday evening.
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People walk on central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping street in Istanbul, in this photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Tourists returned in droves to Turkey, helped this summer by the sharp fall in the value of the Turkish lira following economic uncertainty and a rift with the United States.
Tourists mimic a kiss in front of a likeness of the kiss between then Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (L) and East German leader Erich Honecker at the East Side Gallery, a stretch of the Berlin Wall in Berlin. This stretch of the Berlin Wall, taken over by artists who decorated the yet undamaged east side with artwork and political statements after the wall was taken down in 1989-1990, was renovated ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. Though designated as a historical landmark, the paintings have yet again been covered in graffiti.
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With an assist from its mahouts, an elephant blows water from its trunk onto tourists at a Songkran or ancient Thai New Year celebration in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand.
