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English or languish - Probing the ramifications
of Hong Kong's language policy

Quality Assessment
The Opportunity Cost of English Language Education

Tourism
World's Top 15 Tourism Earners (2000 and 2001)


Table 37a
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Table 37a World's Top 15 Tourism Earners
 
International Tourism Receipts
(US$ billions)
Rank Country 2000 20011
1 United States 82.0 72.3
2 Spain 31.5 32.9
3 France 30.8 30.0
4 Italy 27.5 25.8
5 United Kingdom 19.5 16.3
6 Germany 18.5 17.2
7 China (Mainland) 16.2 17.8
8 Canada 10.7 10.8
9 Austria 9.9 10.1
10 Greece 9.2 n.a.
11 Austraila 8.5 7.6
12 Mexico 8.3 8.4
13 China (Hong Kong) 7.9 8.2
14 Turkey 7.6 8.9
15 Switzerland 7.5 7.6
Source: World Tourism Organization. Tourism Highlights 2002. [online document - pdf format 200K] Table: World's Top 15 Tourism Earners (05 March 2003).
Note1: These are September 2001 data.
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