The Travel and Tourism Development Index ranked the UK as the fifth-best country for non-leisure travel worldwide in 2021, and the first-best country in Europe.
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Since 2010 tourism has been the fastest growing sector in the UK in employment terms. Britain is forecast to have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025.
Hong Kong. Hong Kong has become the most visited city in the world, surpassing Bangkok in recent times. Hong Kong welcomed 26.6 million visitors! With over 5 million more visitors annually than its closest rival, Hong Kong is expected to host at least 31 million tourists in the near future.
There was an increase of 45% in visits to the UK from North American residents (rising from 520,000 in May to 756, 000 in June). Visits from residents of other countries (countries outside Europe and North America) increased by 30% from 395,000 in May to 514,000.
The United States was the country worldwide with the highest international tourism receipts in 2022. That year, inbound tourism receipts in the U.S. amounted to roughly 135 billion U.S. dollars.
A new study has revealed that the French capital received the highest number of tourists of any European city in 2018, attracting 19.1 million foreign visitors. It knocked the UK capital, which had 19.09 million tourists, off the top spot in Europe.