
One of the large chunks of the revenue generated by a country is made by the tourism that it promotes and brings in. Thus tourism plays an important role in the economy of a country as it can be considered as a big industry.
Based on the ease of tourism norms, facilities for travelers and the cost of travelling to a country, tourism industry’s loss or profit can be affected.
So here’s a list of the top tourism countries that make huge revenue from its tourism.
United States of America is undoubtedly the country which makes the huge amount of revenue from its tourism. It made $116.3 Billion in 2012 from its tourism alone. Spain is another country which has a large part of its revenue coming from its tourism as it made $59.9 Billion from this industry in the year 2012.
Even France isn’t far behind with $52.8 Billion revenue coming from tourism industry in 2012. Another nation which earns a lot of revenue from tourism is China. Italy is another such nation and it made $43 Billion from its tourism industry last year.
Some other countries which earn huge revenue from tourism are Germany, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Turkey and Mexico.