Published on : Monday, September 10, 2018
Mexico was in eighth place in 2016, with 35.1 million international tourists; its numbers grew by 12 percent with 39.3 million in 2017.
France occupies the top spot in the world in international tourism. It counted 86.9 million foreign tourists. France is followed by Spain, with 81.8 million, and the United States, with 75.9 million. China is in fourth place with 60.7 million and Italy in fifth place with 58.3 million. After Mexico are the U.K., Turkey, Germany and Thailand.
However, Mexico failed to make its place in the top 10 for earning revenue from those tourists.
Last year, the United States maintained its first-place ranking in international tourism revenue, registering US$210.7 billion; Spain was in second place with US$68 billion and France stayed at third place with US$60.7 billion in foreign-tourist revenue. It was followed by Thailand, the U.K., Australia, Germany, Macao (China) and Japan.