Speaking of tourists, here is a list of the countries where the most tourists visit. 42 . leads the way by some margin. Parisians have long considered France the cultural center of the world, and rather pretentiously I might add, but the numbers don't lie. The world is fascinated by Paris. In fact, Europe pretty much dominates our places of interest. The fastest growing country for tourism, however, is 43 . Istanbul, ancient cultural artifacts, and its pristine southern beach resorts have become popular destinations for tourists wanting a little cultural flavor of Europe and the Middle East. Even though the U.S. has 10 million fewer visitors, it carns a lot more money from tourists than anyone else-and more than three times as much as France, whose is behind their neighbors Spain. Notice that 44. had over 65 million visitors in 2019 , but is at the bottom of this list for revenues. The value of the Renminbi is largely responsible for the limited revenues. All of the other countries on this list have expensive currencies by global standards, except Thailand. They are making a lot of money despite the baht's exchanon irate moetly from Chinges middlowlaee tworiem And here is spending from tourists. Notice that Chinese tourists spend significantly more than anyone else. About 140 million Chinese travel internationally each year, and that number is expected to reach about 300 million by 2030 . They are the drivers of international tourism, even though they have slowed their pace recently. In fact, only 45. on this table has spent less in terms of a percentage decrease in spending. Tourism waxes and wanes for most countries depending upon the economic conditions at home and the destination country. 46 , for example, saw the greatest percentage increase in spending between 2018 and 2019. France went through a mini-recession between 2014-2018, along with most of the rest of the E.U. Tough times at home saw tourism from France drop significantly, but the French hit the road as soon as the economy rebounded, mostly to Spain, Italy, and Turkey, whose own cconomie recoveries were much less pronounced